SUPERCROSS
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES, AN FIM WORLD
ROUND 1 / JANUARY 9, 2016
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA / ANGEL STADIUM OF ANAHEIM
P50
250SX WEST
Defending champion Cooper
Webb looks to be the rider to beat
again in the 250SX West Region
Championship. The Yamalube/
Star Racing Yamaha Team rider
looked very fast and aggressive all
night en route to winning his heat
race (though he appeared to pass
Christian Craig under a caution
flag on the final lap to do so) and
the 15-lap Main event after run-
ning down former A1 winner Jessy
Nelson. Webb also beat fellow
heat-race winner Zach Osborne,
who finished third on the night, but
never got the chance to battle with
Joey Savatgy, one of the riders
from the Monster Energy/Pro Cir-
cuit/Kawasaki camp that many feel
will be one of Cooper's most chal-
lenging rivals this season. Both
Craig and Savatgy tangled early in
the Main and went into points-sal-
vaging mode, with Savatgy finish-
ing eighth and Craig 17
th
.
Cooper Webb showed why he's
wearing the number-one plate. He
showed a lot of intensity on the track
and was able to run down early leader
Jessy Nelson for the win. "I felt a little
stronger in the whoops and was cutting
my corners a little shorter," Webb said
of his advantages on the track. He
credited some of his success by the
many off-season races he did. "I think
that paid off for this."
