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Cycle News 2023 Issue 01 January 10

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ROUND 1 / JANUARY 7, 2023 ANGEL STADIUM OF ANAHEIM, ANAHEIM, CA P66 SUPERCROSS I M O N S T E R E N E R GY A M A S U P E R C R O S S S E R I E S / S U P E R M O T O C R O S S W O R L D C H A M P I O N S H I P ished in fourth after a ninth-place start. An indeed feisty Roczen finished a respect- able fifth. He started off in third, ran in second for a few laps before slipping back a bit, but it was a promising night for the Suzuki rider. Colt Nichols made his 450cc-class debut on the Factory Honda and came home in sixth, just ahead of Jason Anderson on his Monster Energy Kawasaki, who got bounced around in the first turn. Anderson got as high as fifth place before a small crash dropped him to ninth. He went on to finish seventh ahead of Red Bull KTM's Aaron Plessinger and Kawasaki team- mate Adam Cianciarulo. Joey Savatgy, on the Rick Ware Kawasaki, rounded out the top 10. WILSON'S HONDA DEBUT Dean Wilson made his debut on the Firepower Honda team. He didn't have a spectacular night but did qualify for the 450SX main in which he placed 14th. "A1 was gnarly," he said. "Track was insane. I wanted to just make it out alive, to be honest. Result wasn't great, but we learned a lot with the bike." LOPES SURPRISES Muc-Off FXR ClubMX Yamaha's Enzo Lopes turned a few heads Saturday night. He was the top rider in the first 250SX timed qualifying session and finished sec- ond to Cameron McAdoo in his heat race. He went on to finish sixth in the main. He said of his night, "Not the best main, with a few mistakes early on and a bad start, but plenty of positives to take away." Briefly... Roczen (94) looked feisty on the Suzuki, and Malcolm Stewart (27) led for several laps.

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