Brown's condition.) The stoppage
put Anstie up front on the stag-
gered restart. He never seemed
fazed
and led the last 11 laps
with apparent ease. Despite a
stacked field in the 250SX East
division, Anstie fired first.
"When I was getting ready to
go back out [during the restart], it
ing up to this year's Supercross
Championship. Saturday night
was smooth sailing for Anstie
as he stalked his Star Rac
-
ing Yamaha teammate Pierce
Brown
in the first half of the
250SX main event. Brown later
crashed, causing a red flag. (See
Wind, page 33, for an update on
I could, limping it home to finish
out the race—not an ideal way to
finish out the weekend."
Justin Barcia, Joey Savatgy,
Aaron Plessinger, Shane McEl
-
rath and Justin Hill rounded out
the top
10.
It was a tough night for Eli
Tomac as the San Diego winner
bruised his left calf in qualify
-
ing and looked questionable to
race
the night show. He pushed
through the pain and salvaged
a 17th-place finish, earning five
points and keeping himself fifth
in the series points.
"I caught my leg underneath
the footpeg on a jump during
qualifying and sprained the top
of my ankle and bruised my
lower leg," he said. "I'm going
to do everything possible to get
back on the line in Detroit."
A notable non-finisher was
Roczen. The Progressive Insur
-
ance Ecstar Suzuki Team rider
was involved
in a multi-rider
crash on lap 12 while amid lap-
pers and while running near the
front.
The incident damaged
his bike, and he was unable to
continue.
250SX EAST
Tampa marked the first round of
the 250SX East Coast Regional
Championship with a fresh set
of faces eager for their first gate
drop of the season. Both 2024
champions, Tom Vialle and RJ
Hampshire, faced off but neither
rider finished on the podium.
Instead, Max Anstie kicked off
the year with the win.
The British veteran is finally
on a full factory team and had
a trouble-free off-season lead
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ROUND 5 / FEBRUARY 8, 2025
RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM | TAMPA, FLORIDA
SUPERCROSS I MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS / SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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Max Anstie starts
the 250SX East
campaign on top.
