riding with good intensity and
I felt great. I was able to push
through and the crowd was
amazing. They were going crazy
the whole time and at the end
of the race my adrenaline was
going."
Thrasher, who won last
week's 250SX East triple crown
in Texas, ended up having a
tough night. After going down,
he was 20th entering lap two
and quickly made his way
through the pack before crash
-
ing again while running 10th and
finding himself in 20th
all over
again. He never gave up and
ended up crossing the finish line
in 10th place, nearly a lap down.
Jordon Smith and Jeremy
Martin rounded out the top five.
Anstie said. "I'm milking this 250
class until I get kicked out. I like
getting on the podium, and I like
getting those bonus checks."
Haiden Deegan, of the Mon
-
ster Energy Star Racing Yamaha
Team,
made a statement by scor-
ing his first career podium, and
doing
so at arguably the tough-
est race of the year. It was the
17-year-old's
fourth professional
start. Deegan rode like a sea-
soned pro and held off a number
of
former race winners to take the
final spot on the box. There was
an insurmountable 15-second
gap from Deegan to Anstie.
"I didn't get the greatest
start," Deegan said. "But I was
able to make my way into third.
The track's tough, but I was
rider. "I just kind of dove to the
inside and I didn't feel contact.
Obviously, it's not the ideal
scenario, but you see a shot and
you're making split decisions."
Max Anstie, on the Fire Power
Honda, found himself on the
box, his second runner-up this
season. The British veteran was
credited with the holeshot and let
the Daytona carnage work in his
favor. While others suffered mis
-
takes and crashes, Anstie kept
it consistent and rode a lonely
but solid second for much of the
race, crossing nine seconds back
from Lawrence. With this podium
Anstie bumps to second in the
250SX East championship.
"We want to try and improve
and close that gap to Hunter,"
ROUND 8 / MARCH, 4 2023
DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY / DAYTONA, FLORIDA
SUPERCROSS I MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS / SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P74
Max Anstie scored
his second runner-
up of the year.
