SUPERCROSS
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES, AN FIM WORLD
FINAL ROUND/ MAY 2, 2015
SAM BOYD STADIUM / LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
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luster when a few of the top
riders from both sides dropped
out at the last moment, including
recently crowned 250 West SX
Champion Cooper Webb, 2014
250 National MX Champion
Jeremy Martin and 2014 East
Supercross Champion Justin
Bogle. Martin was planning to
race but crashed his mountain
bike Thursday afternoon, leaving
him with a big chunk of flesh
missing from his hand. Bogle
simply chose to skip the race so
he could focus on the upcoming
outdoor Nationals, and Webb
was forced to withdraw at the
last minute after spraining his
ankle in a slow-speed fall during
the first afternoon practice ses-
sion at Vegas. He did, however,
hang around while hobbling
about on crutches. These turn
of events made Musquin, this
year's runaway champion in the
2015 East Championship, the
heavy—and we mean heavy—fa-
vorite.
Despite the somewhat lack
of prerace drama, hard-core
For a few
exciting laps,
Ryan Dungey
(5) and Eli
Tomac (3)
battled for the
lead.
