ROUND 4/JANUARY 25, 2014
OVERSTOCK.COM COLISEUM/OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
P68
SUPERCROSS
Dean Wilson
seemed to
have the 250
main win in the
bag until the
bike "…stopped
for an instant,"
he said. That
instant cost
Wilson the win.
like we did last year, we're just
running through things. I feel like
we were a ways off at Anaheim
one, so we're working on it during the week, and I think we're
kind of getting comfortable on
the bike and getting to where I
can ride it the way we want to."
The win moved Villopoto back
into the points lead in the championship standings, seven points
ahead of Chad Reed, who finished third on the night behind
Villopoto and Stewart.
"I'm think I'm in a good spot
right now," said Villopoto. "Definitely, we can all be better, and
race better, and we will keep
working on that, but I feel I'm in
a good spot going forward, although the championship is going to be tight for a while. Obvi-
ously, if someone starts stringing
wins together, then that's the fastest way to start gapping the field.
But the way the field is now, it's
going to take perfect starts and
perfect laps to get a big points
lead."
After struggling in practice and
posting the seventh fastest qualifying time, Stewart had perhaps
his best race of the year with a
