ROUND 5 / FEBRUARY 3, 2024
FORD FIELD / DETROIT, MICHIGAN
SUPERCROSS I MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS / SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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ning away from the get-go. The
Pro Circuit Kawasaki rider is
certainly the feel-good story of
the day after missing the entire
2023 Supercross season with
a torn ACL that he suffered at
round one. He made some ma
-
jor changes in the off-season,
like
training with Ryan Hughes,
and they paid off as he led all
21 laps in convincing fashion.
With some major players finish-
ing outside the top 10, Forkner
sets himself up
as the man to
beat in the East.
"My mindset was to get a
good start so stuff like that
[first turn crash] doesn't hap
-
pen to me," Forkner said. "I was
"Eli
had a great start but was
not comfortable on the bike in
the main," said Tomac's team
manager Jeremy Coker.
250SX East
The ultra-stacked 250SX East Re-
gional riders took to the track for
their
first race of the 2024 sea-
son. A massive first-turn pileup
cleaned
out half the field, with
favorites like Haiden Deegan,
Tom Vialle, Cameron McAdoo,
Pierce Brown and Seth Ham-
maker all hitting the deck. Riders
who
missed the carnage gave
themselves a clear advantage.
Forkner avoided the chaos by
grabbing the holeshot and run
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ROOKIES
Six Supercross rookies took to
the track on Saturday night for
their professional debuts. Daxton
Bennick proved to be the best
with a podium with Guillem Farres
in eighth, Trevor Colip in 11th,
Preston Boespflug in 13th, Nicho-
las Romano in 14th, and Evan
Ferry back in 22nd. "I started reel-
ing in [Max] Anstie and thought
maybe I was going to get second,
but man, I'm happy with that,"
said Bennick. "I can't believe
that in my rookie season, my first
race, I got a podium. I've checked
that box. I'm so pumped!" "De-
Briefly...
Austin Forkner kicked off
the 250SX East Regional
series with a win.
