ROUND 5 / FEBRUARY 11, 2023
RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM / TAMPA, FLORIDA
P52
SUPERCROSS I MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS / SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
238 HAIDEN DEEGAN
4TH 250SX EAST
In his second career Supercross
Haiden Deegan won his heat race
and logged another fourth-place
result in the main. He's now third in
points. All this despite surviving a
scary crash during qualifying. "It was
a super awesome day," Deegan said.
"I didn't feel that great in qualify-
ing, but the track changed a lot, so
it's a lot different in the night show.
I ended up getting the holeshot and
winning my heat race, and I was like,
'this is awesome!' It feels so good to
win again. Then in the main event, I
got a good start and came out sec-
ond. I was able to run in fourth and
was smooth and consistent. I had
J-Mart [Jeremy Martin] pressuring me
until there were a couple of laps to
go. Then I was able to open the gap
up a little bit."
1 ELI TOMAC
5TH 450SX
Eli Tomac seemed to struggle to find
traction on the slick track and was
never a real threat for the win. "It was
a bit of an off day for my riding," said
Tomac. "I struggled with finding a
comfort zone during the night show,
with the conditions being on the
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