WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 52 ISSUE 9 MARCH 3, 2015 P69
five laps. Anderson made a
stupid mistake and just literally t-
boned me. Other than that it was
an awesome night, and I look
forward to building my speed
back up, fitness, and moving on
to the future."
Peick finished out the night in
10
th
.
DUELING TEAMMATES
Team Honda stable mates Trey
Canard and Eli Tomc – the
GEICO Honda rider who is riding
out of the HRC camp – found
themselves just as close on
Briefly...
cal track and one that you had to
stay on your toes. Trey Canard talked
about the inconsistency of traction.
"It was really slick, the whoops espe-
cially," he said. "You couldn't really
drive which was tough. There were
some parts that were really tacky,
but there were parts, like the start
straight, that were really, really slip-
pery. I thought they did a really good
job, though, but I was just expecting
it to be a little better."
Rookies made a splash in different
ways in the 250 class, all falling vic-
tim to common mistakes that can be
expected in their first year. One of
them was GEICO Honda's Jordon
Smith, who missed the opening two
rounds of the East series with an
injury. Smith made his pro debut at
Atlanta II, and he had an all-around
tough day. He fell multiple times in
practice and was unable to qualify
for the main event. "It was a rough
day, you know?" he said. "I'm leav-
ing a little disappointed and sore; I
am going to feel sore in the morn-
ing. I learned a lot tonight, learned
a lot about the whoops, learned a lot
about the racing itself. I haven't done
a whole lot of racing in the past year,
so it's just taking me a little to get into
it. I'm looking forward to taking what
I learned this week to Daytona next
weekend."
Another rookie who was running a
great race behind Jimmy Decotis
was Star Racing Yamaha's Anthony
Rodriguez, who got a little over ea-
ger and ran into Decotis' back wheel
and tipped over. Rodriguez ended
up eighth. Another rookie, Luke
Renzland, made the top 10 for the
first time with a solid ride aboard his
Cycle Trader Rock River Yamaha.
Marvin
Musquin
returned to
the top step of
the podium in
the 250 East
division.
