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SUPERCROSS MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES, AN FIM WORLD ROUND 11 / MARCH 14, 2015 LUCAS OIL STADIUM / INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA P76 and he [Dungey] had his spots. Unfortunately when I'd catch him a little bit, he'd hit his lines good and pull me a little bit. It was kind of cat and mouse there for the first 10 laps and then I got in some lapped traffic and had to back it down a little." POTENTIAL DISASTER TO PODIUM The sign of a true champion is how they manage their bad nights. If that's any indication then Trey Canard is made of the right stuff. He took a very hard hit in practice and then fell again in his heat race. It was shaping up to be a potentially terrible night for the title contender, but Canard found a way to overcome adversity and almost unbeliev- ably the factory Honda rider was on the podium at the end of the night. "I had that crash in practice and just didn't feel comfortable," Canard said. "I went down in my heat race and had to go through the Semi and then I got a bad start in the Main. To leave on the podium, I can't be overly disap- pointed. I'm happy to leave here healthy and I'll try to keep push- ing forward." CAREER BEST FOR PEICK It was a solid night for Weston Peick who matched his career- best finish. Peick was happy about winning his first Heat race too and he appeared to have his first career Supercross podium in his grasp during the first half of the race, but Canard was on the charge from the back of the field and got by him about half- way through. "Canard was riding good," admitted Peick, who is still recovering from a broken foot suffered earlier in the season. "I cased a few jumps and I think that helped him catch me. I tried to come back on him after he got by me. He kind of pulled me a little bit and then I made a little bit of a spurt back at him and then I blew one section really bad and he got away. I just kind of ended up running fourth and just finishing there. We're close every weekend and we're look- ing forward to the future." HUSKY HICCUP It was a tough night for the Rock- star Energy Husqvarna squad. Both Jason Anderson (450 class) and Martin Davalos (250 East) crashed twice in their respective Main events. "I got a bad start and had two pretty hard crashes," Anderson said. "It didn't make for a good night. The track was rutted and technical." Of his crashes Anderson said, "I just got sideways on one of them and jumped off the track on the other." The resulting 17th-place finish for Anderson dropped him to seventh in the standings. Davalos pulled the holeshot in the 250 East final aboard his Husqvarna FC 250 and led the first lap before going down in the whoops during the second lap. He remounted in the back of the pack and fell again before working his way up to 15th by the time the race ended. He is cur- rently sixth overall in the 250SX East rider point standings. "I've been struggling with my health since January," said Davalos. "I figured that, since I broke my foot, it was my body trying to adjust again. I didn't have any adrenaline or fire in me—which isn't me. I went to the doctor to get checked out and found out that I have a flare of Epstein-Barr. I'm just trying to get myself going again but I don't want it to get worse. I'm struggling with my energy levels, and my adrenal glands aren't work- ing. I just wanted to save as much energy as I could for the main event. I got a good start, and my bike is awesome, but I'm just not on point." Martin Davalos takes a header while running near the front of the 250 main.

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