MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES
VOL. 51 ISSUE 8 FEBRUARY 25, 2014 P55
After the race, the AMA fined Alessi
a hefty $4000 and put him on proba-
tion for the remainder of the season.
No appeal was filed.
250 EAST
The 250 East main was all about
Davalos who passed Cianciarulo ear-
ly in the race and never looked back
from then on out. He'd been in this
situation before many times through
out his career, but this time he was
determined to get the win and held
on, putting in 15 near-perfect laps.
He took the checkered flag about
three seconds ahead of Cianciarulo,
who was always right there, waiting
for a mistake that never came.
"I don't know what to say, I really
can't believe it," Davalos said. "I've
been fighting for this for a long time and
it is a big relief to finally get it done."
CIANCIARULO REBOUNDS
Unlike last week's mistake-free race,
Cianciarulo rebounded from a couple
of big mistakes in Georgia to land an
impressive second in the 250 East
main. He crashed twice in his heat
race, sending him to the LCQ, which
he won.
In the main, Cianciarulo grabbed
the lead after nailing the holeshot
from the far outside, but then he
cased it on a rhythm section, which
allowed Davalos to go around.
"It was the same thing that hap-
pened in the heat race - I cased it,
and that's where Martin got me,"
said Cianciarulo. "After that, I made
a another stupid move…my first
rookie mistake. I was rolling this
section on the yellow flag, and I for-
got you can jump on the yellow, so
I lost a lot of time. I made my first
