Grant admitted
that the whoops made the difference in
this one.
"The
track
was
suited for
me,
but
the whoops
weren't,"
said Grant, who also finished second last
year
at
Daytona,
"l
struggled
ali night in the whoops. That was
the
key to this race tonight. The rest of the track, I was
good,
so
that
lthe
whoops] is one thing
l've
got
to work on this
week, because that's where
I lost most of my time."
For
Gosselaar,
he ended up having to work hard to
get
on the
podium.
He spent much of the
race chasing Team
Boost l'lobilelfamaha of
Troy's Branden
Jesseman,
who
got around Gosselaar for third on the second lap. For the
next nine laps, Gosselaar
chased
Jesseman
before
passing
him and
getting
his third
place
back.
All the while, SoBe/Samsung Mobile/Honda's
Tommy
Hahn was lurking behind
in fifth, and he eventually staned
sticking a front wheel in on the Gosselaar/lesseman
battle.
Hahn
eventually
got
around
Jesseman,
who ended up
falling near the end.
Hahn
ended
up finishinS fourth, right behind
Gosselaar.
''That
was the
hardest
Supercross by far I've every raced,
l'll tell
you
that,'' Gosselaar
said.
''l'm
happy to flnish on
the
podium;
that was my
Soal
for the
year -
to
try and finish on
the
podium
in
every single
race."
Gosselaar admitted that he was
struggling
in the
whoops.
"Davi's
like 8 feet tall,
where he
can
get on the back fender and
pin
it
through
there,'' Gosselaar
said.
"l
had a hard time
in
the
whoops,
but
iust
everywhere on the track, I
need
to charge harder
in
the
beginning. I was
just
off the
pace
tonight.
Josh
and
Davi were better
than
me
all
night, so I need to work
on my speed, that's for sure."
Jesseman
held
on for fifth, while
Kelly Smith, on
the Motospod
MDK Honda, ended up sixth after
getting
oll to a l2th-place
start.
Unbound Energy/Moto XXX's
Honda's
Joshua
Summey also
climbed up
a few
positions
to nab
seventh, while Star Pacing/NCY
I/amaha's
Bryan
.lohnson,
Red Bull
KTM's.lay
Marmont, and GPS
Racing's Michael Blose rounded
out the top 10.
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