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ROUND 9 / MARCH 5, 2022 DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY / DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA P68 SUPERCROSS I MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES MYOWNRACE 1 COOPER WEBB 2ND 450SX "Man, I was so close to ge ng the win, I could taste it. I rode great the whole me and I felt like I rode strong, I knew Eli was coming because he's so good here. I should have maybe an cipated a li le bit be er but it's definitely a bummer when a race is decided—or goes that close—and a lapper gets involved, but it's racing. Over- all, I'm happy, but it sucks. I knew how hard I needed to push to go the distance, but it happens, I guess. We'll come back next week and try to get that first win of the season." 51 JUSTIN BARCIA 5TH 450SX "I was feeling good on the track, got a good flow and got the bike feeling really good today, the team did a great job dur- ing the week to get me what I needed so I'm super stoked on that! In the main, we were just ba ling hard—we were all really close from first through fi h—so it was really good racing. Around halfway, I got really ght and I was only able to bring it home to fi h. I definitely was looking for a bit more but we'll take it. We're healthy and back to work but looking forward to next week." >450SX Tomac and Daytona go together like peanut butter and jelly. Daytona is rough, long and nasty, all conditions that Tomac thrives in. This year, however, the cards were on the table for him to break his five-time Daytona win tie with Ricky Carmichael. Another win on Saturday night further put Tomac's name into legendary status as the winningest rider of the toughest track on the Supercross circuit. The spirit of the original number- three, Dale Earnhardt, must've been watching down on the hallowed grounds of Daytona on Saturday night because Super- cross' own number-three put in an epic come-from-behind victory. Tomac started up front with all the heavy hitters but got sandwiched between Jason Anderson and Malcolm Stewart in turn two. The number-three lost a few spots but got away clean in what could've been a disastrous moment. "Turn two was just sketchy," Tomac said. "I ended up bumping into Malcolm and then Jason came on the inside of me and bumped me, and it was a bit of an explo- sion, and Malcolm went flying off the track. I was just in a sandwich." Shortly after, the rival duo of Stewart and Anderson put them- selves both on the ground and gifted positions two and three to Chase Sexton and Tomac. Tomac then began to chip away in classic fashion. A few 10ths here, a few 10ths there, and before you knew it, Tomac was knocking on the Cooper Webb (1) is beginning to show signs of the Webb of old after leading most of the race.