Another podium for
Jordon Smith and
the Triumph team.
leads the series by five points.
"This is definitely confidence-
boosting," he said. "At the start
of this year, I had a goal and I
needed to believe in myself, and
I feel that I showed how much I
believe in myself tonight."
Jordon Smith landed on the
podium again for the second
week in a row. The veteran 250
rider finds himself involved in
yet another championship fight.
The Triumph pilot started in third
and made the pass for second
after Davies shot off the track
just after the landing of the triple.
Smith continued to sky the big
triple-quad line late into the main
event but never got close enough
to make a pass on Beaumer. Still,
point of attack, the big bowl cor
-
ner of turn two, and made a pass
stick by running
Davies high.
Once in the lead, Beaumer pro-
ceeded to put in a series of sprint
laps
to build a gap over second
and third. This strategy worked
as he rode away uncontested to
his first-ever main-event win.
"I really used those first seven
laps just to figure out where I
could make a pass," Beaumer
said. "He [Davies] was trying
to set that corner up to do the
three-in and I saw the opening to
dive down the inside and push
him up the berm. I got close and
just made the move right there."
Beaumer is only in his sopho
-
more season as a pro and now
the pack, but then
I crashed on
the triple-quad section—before
I knew it, I was on the ground.
I'm not hurt bad—I'm just really
sore—but I didn't feel like my
head was in the right space, and
I decided to call it a night."
250SX WEST
The 250SX West class had
exciting racing as well. Julien
Beaumer demonstrated that his
Anaheim 1 podium finish was no
fluke, and the Red Bull KTM rider
came out swinging with his first
career win. Beaumer got off to
another great start in San Diego
and stalked the early leader Cole
Davies for the first seven laps of
the 250SX main. He picked his
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