One big mistake forced Tomac to
slow through the midpoint of the
whoops, virtually handing the win
to Anderson."
"I cased the triple after the
double and was like 'Gosh darn
it,' and he [Anderson] got back
underneath me," Tomac said.
"But yeah, I kept going and then
made one mistake in the whoops
and then moved my lines around
and that was it. I felt like that was
a strong point early on but then I
lost it. But there was strong riding
from Jason, too, he didn't really
make any mistakes after that."
Tomac maintains the points
lead as the series heads east, 12
over Anderson in second.
Justin Barcia put himself back
on the box in Anaheim. The
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94 KEN ROCZEN
11TH 450SX
"Our weekend at Anaheim 3 was hon-
estly a disaster," Roczen said. "I was really
uncomfortable all day. It doesn't help that
they've been building the track gnarlier
than maybe even any other year, so it's
just a bunch of stuff collapsing and it's
just not good right now. Nonetheless, I'm
going to con nue working on myself and
try to improve every weekend. We have
to find a bike setup that works for me. It's
definitely not enough right now in order
to compete with those guys out there.
It's a tough pill to swallow, but we're not
giving up."
23 CHASE SEXTON
7TH 450SX
"Anaheim 3 was a challenge all day,"
Sexton said. "I didn't feel that great with
the whoops sec on or the track itself;
it wasn't a good combina on for me. I
felt decent halfway through the main
event and then made some mistakes, got
squirrely a few mes and lost ground.
It was a frustra ng night for me; I lost
a good amount of points. I'm going to
have to turn it back up when we go East.
I'm going back to Florida this week, so
I'm happy to go home and get back to a
normal schedule."
SHIMODA DOWN,
MARCHBANKS UP
The first 250SX West heat race of
the night saw a great battle brewing
up between Jo Shimoda and Garrett
Marchbanks. Shimoda looked to
scrub the final double in the rhythm
lane and get to the inside to put
Marchbanks up high. Unfortunately,
he slid off the lip, clipped a foot,
and got launched into the upcoming
berm. Shimoda was carted off the
track while Marchbanks won the heat.
Shimoda did not line up for the main,
while Marchbanks logged a fourth.
Briefly...
BETWEEN A
ROCZEN AND A
HARD PLACE
Feels like all too often we are
writing about a night that didn't
go Ken Roczen's way. The fan-
favorite got stuck with a Tuff Block
in turn one in the main event. He
didn't technically crash, he did
get shuffled back to dead last.
An 11th was all he could salvage
in Anaheim. Roczen has yet to
finish on the podium since his
win at A1 and now sits ninth in the
standings.
Anaheim 3 Supercross 450SX Highlights
