SUPERCROSS
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES, AN FIM WORLD
ROUND 16 / APRIL 25, 2015
METLIFE STADIUM / EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY
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out there. The track was pretty
technical tonight and pretty much
the hardest track of the year for
sure, hands down. Super rutted
and really technical."
Short grabbed another one of
his holeshots to start the race,
but the BTO Sports KTM rider
was back to fifth by lap three,
which is where he finished.
Late in the race, though, he
got into a fierce battle with Soar-
ing Eagle/RCH/Jimmy Johns/
Suzuki's Broc Tickle and on the
final lap, Tickle and Short came
into contact with each other.
And while Shorty finished the
race in fifth, he was in obvious
pain when he rode up to the
mechanic's area after the race.
Early reports say that he might
have broken his kneecap.
Tickle held on for sixth, with
Discount Tires/TwoTwo Motors-
ports' Josh Grant finishing sev-
enth ahead of fellow Kawasaki
rider Kyle Chisholm.
250 EAST CLASS
Musquin has been the class of
the field in the East Regional
250 Supercross division since
the first East race in Dallas. He
came into the race with five wins
and two second-place finishes.
Even with a bad start, Mus-
quin has been able to work his
way to the front, no matter how
difficult the track. Here, Musquin
did most of his passing in the
first turn. By the second turn,
he was already in second place
after a so-so jump.
Musquin spent the next 10
laps following Bogle then de-
cided to make his move.
"Bogle was riding pretty good,
but I knew I was better and
faster," said Musquin. "I was
looking for some areas where
I was faster and I could pass,
and I made it happen. He got
me a little bit. I was like, 'maybe
I should stay second,' but then
I could see I was capable of
winning that thing. So I pushed
and made it happen. It's a great
feeling."
"I've dreamed so much about
that number-one plate and now
I have in my hands," added
Musquin. "Right now I'm really
happy, but it's kind of a weird
feeling. I'm on such a great
team, Red Bull KTM. The bike
was great."
As far as the race, everything
went well for him—except one
moment in his heat.
"I had a great day, except that
start in the heat," said Musquin.
"I was going to turn inside and
then somebody came in the
inside really hard and just hit me
