WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 52 ISSUE 5 FEBRUARY 3, 2015 P63
Briefly...
Brock Tickle sat out the weekend to
recover from a back injury from the
previous round at Oakland. Tickle
hopes to be back riding on Tuesday
and if all good the true test will be at
the media day on Thursday at PET-
CO Park to determine whether he
will race the sixth round of the sea-
son in San Diego, California.
Rookie Aaron Plessinger was
thrilled to get on the podium for the
first time, but you knew it was com-
ing. His scorecard so far is impres-
sive: 5-5-13-7-3. "My rookie year,
it's exceeded my expectations right
now," Plessinger said. "It's amazing.
I'm having a great time, even though
I got a 13th in A2. I'm still having fun.
I'm going to continue to get on that
podium and it's just going to be a
great year." Plessinger went on to
say that despite the rough start he
knew he had it in him all along. "I
think I had it in me in the first race
but I just got off to a bad start. I think
I came from like 14th into fifth. The
second race I did the same thing.
The third race I crashed and then
it was just a bad night. I came here
knowing I could get on the podium. I
think my starting fourth really helped
me out a lot. I'm just pumped on it."
Blake Baggett's Rookie season in
the premier class got off to a rough
start, but he's been making prog-
ress with his best finish ever as well
as having a solid night at A3 getting
the holeshot and running in the top
five for most of the race. His secret
weapon? Perhaps could be credited
to linking up with two-time Super-
cross champ Ricky Johnson as a
rider coach. "Started working with
Ricky after the first round. We just
kind of linked up. I worked with him a
little bit back in the day when I was on
60s and 80s and the team thought it
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