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Cycle News 2015 Issue 16 April 21

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SUPERCROSS MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES ROUND 15 / APRIL 18, 2015 LEVI'S STADIUM / SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA P92 ing out the early top-five. Fastest- qualifier Tomac started midpack. Despite tweaking his back when he overjumped the finish-line jump in the first practice of the day, 33-year-old Reed was racey, and he was doing everything he could to both fend off Dungey and get by Barcia for the race lead, but on lap two, Reed went down in one of the technical rhythm sections and remounted 21st. He would eventu- ally recover for eighth. Out front, Dungey went to work on Barcia, making the pass on lap four, with Barcia's teammate Peick snatching second place away a lap later. By this point, Tomac sat fourth and immediately went to work on the JGR/Toyota Yamaha duo, dispatching of Barcia on lap seven, and then Peick on lap 11 to take over second place. At this point, the top three was set, although Rockstar Energy Husqvarna's Jason Anderson and Honda's Cole Seely—coming off his first career win last weekend in Houston—eventually found their way into fourth and fifth, respec- tively. For Peick, after spending time as a podium threat as early as round two in Phoenix before injur- ing his foot and ankle, it marked the first time he's ever finished on the podium. "'Bout damned time I got on the frickin' podium!" Peick said,

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