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AMA SUPERCROSS 250 WEST POINTS LEADER JASON ANDERSON
>>MAKING A NAME
Anderson was never an Adam
Cianciarulo, Ricky Carmichael,
or James Stewart type of ama-
teur. Very few people were talk-
ing about Jason Anderson while
he was racing 85s or even 125s.
But people definitely started talk-
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY
STEVE COX
R
ockstar Energy Racing
Team's Jason Anderson
has come a really long
way since his 2011 pro Super-
cross debut. Unlike some of his
contemporary racers who had
some sort of immediate success
in the pro ranks, Anderson has
clawed his way to the top over
the course of a few years. It's not
an opportunity many racers in his
position actually get in today's
racing market, where teams tend
to search for the next hot amateur
to take a struggling racer's place
after a year or two.
Although the professional
stage was a bit too big for young
Jason Anderson when he hit the
ranks, he's grown into it, and now
he has become a dominant force
in the 250cc Western Regional
SX Series.
Even though it seems as if he
became a contender overnight,
nothing could be farther from the
truth. His rise has been deliber-
ate, calculated, and steady. And
he's not going anywhere.
The
NEW BOSS
Jason Anderson is a dominant
force and he's here to stay
