WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 52 ISSUE 5 FEBRUARY 3, 2015 P75
first lap and ending up 10th, it's
awesome."
If Nelson was happy, Webb's
teammate Aaron Plessinger was
ecstatic. The rookie battled with
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna's
Zach Osborne to take third and
earn his first podium.
"I got off to a fourth-place
start and I just worked my way
by Zach Osborne," Plessinger
said. "After that it was about half-
way and I just pushed my way
through and ended up third. I'm
ecstatic right now. I can't even
talk."
"Today was okay," said Os-
borne. "I struggled a little bit in
the first two sections but found
my flow in the last one. In the
heat race I had a little tip over
after a really good start. My gate
didn't fall at all in the main during
the first start. They finally red
flagged the race in lap six and I
felt like I had a second chance. I
got a good start after the restart,
rode around in third for a while,
and ended up finishing fourth."
Like Webb, GEICO Honda's
Matt Bisceglia had every right to
be unhappy about the restart.
The first go around Bisceglia got
the holeshot and was in the top
five at the time of the red flag.
But after sitting out two weeks
with a concussion (from a crash
at A2) the young rider was just
happy to be racing again and
showing good pace.
"It was really nice to be back
out on the track racing again,"
Bisceglia said. "Ever since my
concussion at A2 I've had very
limited time on the bike. I pretty
much had to just rest.
"I put everything I had into the
main, got the holeshot, and led
four of the first five laps before
the restart. I didn't have such
a great start the second time
around and ended up sixth.
From there I rode as hard as
I could and managed to gain
another spot to finish fifth. After
tonight, I'm feeling really con-
fident with my speed and the
progress we have made with my
program."
In sixth was Nelson's teammate
Shane McElrath ahead of Ka-
wasaki/Motosports.com's Josh
Hansen. Red Bull KTM's Justin
Hill worked his way up from 19th
to finish eighth. Rounding out the
top-10 was CycleTrader.com/
Rock River Yamaha's Alex Martin
and Arizona's Cole Martinez and
the Strik Slaton Yamaha/YP/SEI
YZ250F. CN
450 MAIN
1. Ryan Dungey (KTM)
2. Cole Seely (Hon)
3. Eli Tomac (Hon)
4. Ken Roczen (Suz)
5. Trey Canard (Hon)
6. Chad Reed (Kaw)
7. Blake Baggett (Suz)
8. Justin Barcia (Yam)
9. Jason Anderson (Hus)
10. Josh Hill (Yam)
250 MAIN
1. Cooper Webb (Yam)
2. Jessy Nelson (KTM)
3. Aaron Plessinger (Yam)
4. Zach Osborne (Hus)
5. Matt Bisceglia (Hon)
6. Shane McElrath (KTM)
7. Josh Hansen (Kaw)
8. Justin Hill (KTM)
9. Alex Martin (Yam)
10. Cole Martinez (Yam)
Teammates Plessinger (157) and
Webb (17) celebrate a job well done.
