ROUND 5 / FEBRUARY 8, 2025
RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM | TAMPA, FLORIDA
SUPERCROSS I MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS / SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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ward knowing that I'll be good.
Just got to stay level-headed."
Cameron McAdoo finished on
the podium in third. The Mon-
ster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki
rider
tore his ACL leading up to
Tampa but raced anyway. He
toughed it out and finished just
ahead of his teammate Seth
Hammaker. McAdoo started
fifth in the main event but made
some key passes in the early
stages, which set him up nicely
for the staggered restart. From
there, it was trouble-free for the
number 50, who looked nearly
uninjured as he starts the sea
-
son on the box.
as
his other teammate, Brown,
crashed through the whoops.
After the restart, Bennick kept it
consistent for second place and
once again starts the season
with a podium finish.
"I told [Max], I looked at him
and said [during the stoppage],
'Hey, it's just like the practice
track now, so we've got this
covered," said Bennick. "I felt I
was pretty solid; I was just click-
ing my laps off, and it didn't feel
super hard.
That was the only
thing that worried me a little bit
tonight, the whoops, and I was
pretty good in them, so that
helps me mentally moving for
-
was hard being in front because
I
didn't want to go down or do
anything silly," Anstie said. "I was
trying to be solid and consistent,
and I knew, round one, a lot of
crazy things can happen. After
the red flag, it was just hit my
marks, and it was nice that Dax
[Bennick] was there just do-
ing our laps like at the practice
track."
Daxton Bennick finished
second, marking his career-best
finish. Bennick, who's in his soph-
omore year as a pro, made it a
1-2
result for the Monster Energy
Star Racing Yamaha team. He
moved up just before the restart
Daxton Bennick
scored a career-best
result in second.
