ROUND 5 / FEBRUARY 3, 2024
FORD FIELD / DETROIT, MICHIGAN
SUPERCROSS I MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS / SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P62
Many of the West contenders
picked Anstie as one to watch
for his preseason speed. After
battling with Chance Hymas
in the early parts of the main,
Anstie made his way through
for second and held that spot to
the finish. His pace was evident
as he finished only 2.5 seconds
back from Forkner.
"The track was sticky and
soft, and guys were going down
everywhere," Anstie said. "You
just had to recognize when to
push it and when not to. It took
me longer than I would've liked
to get around Chance [Hymas],
but he was riding great. He was
pushing at a good pace, and I
didn't want to do anything silly.
just putting down my laps in the
beginning. The track was fresh,
and it was a lot easier to put in
laps. You could go wherever you
wanted to so I just took advan
-
tage of that and tried to throw
down
some laps. It was not so
much a 'go-go-go' mentality; I
just wanted to keep it under con
-
trol, and I started to gap them
a little bit. I
saw Max [Anstie] in
second and knew I had to put
in a couple of heaters and then
just manage it."
Max Anstie finished second.
The British veteran continued
to improve his Supercross skills
and carried some momentum
from his World Supercross
Championship into Detroit.
troit was pretty good, especially
for my first Supercross ever!"
Farres said. "Luckily, I got the
track pretty dialed on press day,
which was helpful. I felt good in
my qualifiers today and then was
super nervous heading into the
heat race, but I got a decent start
and finished seventh. Then, in
the main, there was a massive
pileup that I was lucky to avoid.
I was running sixth until the last
lap before a small tipover, so I
am a little mad about the fall, but
happy with my first Supercross."
"The night could've gone a little
better," Romano said, "but I'm
just happy to get a Supercross
race under my belt after missing
all of last year."
Briefly...
Max Anstie rode
a strong race in
second place in the
250cc main.
