way mark, and it looked to be
smooth sailing from there.
At one point, Tomac had a
6.704-second cushion over
Webb, but gave up a chunk of
his cushion when he momen
-
tarily ran off the track, which al-
lowed the Red Bull KTM rider to
get
closer. Tomac got it together
and maintained the lead to the
finish line, beating Webb by less
than a second.
"I had a decent gap before I
flew off the track," said Tomac.
"I thought it was all good up to
that point and then it wasn't all
good, and Cooper was right on
me. It was close."
With the win, Tomac extended
his lead to seven over Webb.
"I needed that rebound,"
Tomac said. "I just didn't ride
like myself at all last week. I
knew I could do it and be there
and passed him.
"Once I crashed, I was just
trying to get through it and not
make any more mistakes," Sex
-
ton said. "I did the same thing
the lap before
and just crashed.
After he [Webb] got around me I
was just in survival mode."
On the Monster Energy Star
Racing Yamaha, Tomac in
-
herited the lead when Sexton
crashed
just after the half-
ROUND 2 / FEBRUARY 18, 2023
RINGCENTRAL COLISEUM / OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
SUPERCROSS I MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS / SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P54
RJ Hampshire (24) nailed the holeshot
in the 250SX West main event.
