FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 52 ISSUE 3 JANUARY 20, 2015 P49
while battling with Tickle for sixth
on lap 13. Baggett remounted
and was able to finish 10th.
COMEBACK KID
In the 450 main, all the action
was happening to those behind
the leader, but the fight for the
lead in the 250 class was where
all the drama took place.
Roczen's fellow Anaheim I
winner TLD/Lucas Oil/Red Bull/
KTM's Jessy Nelson was on the
Roczen plan—get out front and
put on a disappearing act—and it
was looking like déjà vu all over
again. But unfortunately Nelson
made a mistake and that—to finish
first, first you must finish—was a
haunting reminder that checking
out isn't always fool proof.
Inheriting that top spot was Ty-
ler Bowers, who admitted on TV
that once he got into the lead he
was riding like a "little girl." Once
he calmed down and got back
into the flow Cooper Webb had
put his head down and was hell
bent on chasing him down to try
and get a back-to-back win.
"I just kept going for those
last couple laps," Webb said.
"I saw him [Bowers] and I was
like, 'man, five laps we can rest
tomorrow.' I just went out and
I knew that was going to have
