WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 52 ISSUE 4 JANUARY 27, 2015 P45
Briefly...
Malcolm Stewart get the win. "It
was cool to see him win, to get his
first one," said Webb. "We grew up
together, so it was nice to see him
win. And then Alex Martin crushed it,
too, his first podium. I think it was a
huge boost for that team as well. It
was cool for those guys, but once I
saw Malcolm I really wanted to win,
but you can't win them all."
Alex Martin talked about the impact
his podium had on him and his team.
"It's great for Cycle Trader, an up-
and-coming team, and then Yama-
ha puts some faith in them with the
motors this year," said Martin. "We
have a great package. Cycle Trader
came on last year and it really just
smoothed the whole program out
and made things run really smooth.
And also myself, I've been putting in
a lot of time in the off-season. I had
the opportunity to train with my broth-
er for a good month and a half before
the season started. Really I felt like
my foundation and training was just
a lot better to have him on me all the
time. I was just happy that it paid off."
Rockstar Energy Racing Husqvar-
na's Jason Anderson was hoping to
get back on track at Oakland and he
was looking like that he just might do
that until… Anderson transferred to
the main via a third-place finish in his
semi and got off to a fast start in the
main event and was fighting for a po-
dium position when he crashed on
the sixth lap that saw his bike cart-
wheeling. He got up at the back of
the pack then worked his way back
up to 10
th
. "The weekend was okay,"
Anderson summarized. "When it
came down to it I was up there, but
I ended up crashing pretty hard. I'm
ready to get back up there next week
was a bummer, but I was like,
'all right, we've got to make the
passes happen as quick as we
can and get back.' And then we
got up to Chad, we were kind
of right there with him, kind of
running the same thing. He
ended up going off the track and
I was able to move into second.
I was able to take the points lead
which is great. It's early yet but
we need to capitalize on that and
build on it."
BLACK FLAG TO PODIUM
Reed, on the other hand, turned
in perhaps his best performance
since winning two rounds early
last year (A2 and A3). The Two-
Two Motorsports Kawasaki rider
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