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the podium and win it if the op-
portunity arose," Bowers said. "I
got off to a bad start and wasn't
able to get to the front as quickly
as I could. This track was a little
bit difficult to pass on without run-
ning someone over. And as you
saw before I got in a little bit of
trouble for that, so I was trying
not to do that in the main event."
(In his heat race, Bowers caused
an altercation with Osborne that
the AMA thought was a little too
aggressive.)
Just outside of the podium
was RedBull KTM's Justin Hill in
fourth. He made a good showing
on his new team with a heat win
and decent points coming out of
Anaheim.
The most impressive perfor-
mance outside of a podium, how-
ever, was rookie Yamahalube/
Star Racing/Yamaha's Aaron
Plessinger who went from nearly
dead last to finish fifth. In sixth
was Nelson's teammate Shane
McElrath followed by Pless-
inger's teammate and last year's
250 Supercross rookie of the
year, Cooper Webb.
Reigning AMA 250 Motocross
Champion Alex Martin started
the season off eighth for the Cy-
cle Trader.com/Rock River Ya-
maha Team. Finishing ninth was
veteran Josh Hansen on the Mo-
tosports Kawasaki after recover-
ing from a crash while battling for
sixth with McElrath. Rounding
out the top 10 was Michael Leib
on the Rocket Performance/On
Track Honda. CN
450 MAIN
1. Ken Roczen (Suz)
2. Jason Anderson (Hus)
3. Trey Canard (Hon)
4. Ryan Dungey (KTM)
5. Andrew Short (KTM)
6. Justin Barcia (Yam)
7. Weston Peick (Yam)
8. Broc Tickle (Suz)
9. Mike Alessi (Suz)
10. Chad Reed (Kaw)
250 MAIN
1. Jessy Nelson (KTM)
2. Zach Osborne (Hus)
3. Tyler Bowers (Kaw)
4. Justin Hill (KTM)
5. Aaron Plessinger (Yam)
6. Shane McElrath (KTM)
7. Cooper Webb (Yam)
8. Alex Martin (Yam)
9. Josh Hansen (Kaw)
10. Michael Leib (Hon)
(Left to Right)
Rookie Tyler
Bowers,
Jessy Nelson
and Zach
Osborne all
had their best
ever result in
Supercross at
Anaheim I.
