and seemed to take the wind
out of his sails, as Anderson
dropped back to fifth during the
exchange. A late-race fall in the
sand for Webb allowed Ander-
son to retake fourth position,
and
the two finished less than a
second apart at the line.
"To be out front and to be able
to run that pace and not feel
too uncomfortable running that
pace was nice," Anderson said. "I
think I'm older, so there are a lot
of times where I'm not thread-
ing the needle as much, and I'm
just
checking up, but at the same
time, I'm just focusing on trying
to make my own progress."
Joey Savatgy finished sixth
ahead of Jorge Prado and Ken
to start the season, the number
three still holds the points lead
by eight over Lawrence.
"I tried some moves and got
passed, and vice versa," Tomac
said. "I'm happy to defend that
podium spot; it was important
for me, but that was a very
intense race."
Jason Anderson had his
breakout ride of 2026, as he
shot out to the early lead and
held the top spot for the first six
laps. The Suzuki rider looked
comfortable, but an eventual
block-pass by Tomac put the
number 21, Anderson, off-track
things I could've done to stay
in front of Hunter. Like one
time on the sweeper before the
mechanics area, and we were
both side by side, and I prob
-
ably should have gone for the
triple,
but I ended up rolling out
of the throttle there and letting
him triple back by me. That was
probably the most frustrating
part for me—when he was able
to really finish that pass on me
there."
After missing the triple by the
mechanics section, Tomac lost
his pace to the front and settled
into third while dealing with
late-race pressure from Webb
before the Yamaha pilot went
down. With two wins and a third
ROUND 3 / JANUARY 24, 2026
ANGEL STADIUM / ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA
SUPERCROSS I MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS / SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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Haiden Deegan made it back-to-
back wins in the 250SX class.
