SUPERCROSS
ROUND 1 / JANUARY 9, 2016
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA / ANGEL STADIUM OF ANAHEIM
P58
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES, AN FIM WORLD
DON'T MESS
WITH PEICK
Blame it on opening-round jitters, tensions, rac-
ing frustrations or whatever, but AutoTrader.com/
Toyota/JGRMX Yamaha's Weston Peick will have
some time to chill and think about his actions after
punching out Vince Friese after the second of two
confrontations he had with the Smartop MotoCon-
cepts Racing Team rider on the night.
The first confrontation came in a Heat race while
Peick was battling for a transfer position with Chad
Reed and Friese, who appeared to give Peick an
elbow coming out of a turn, causing Peick to run
off the track and crash. Some say it was just a rac-
ing incident, others say it was a dirty move on Fri-
ese's part; either way, it was a debatable incident.
The two riders returned in the semi race and
Peick and Friese, who do have a history of runs
through out their careers, again found themselves
battling side by side. At one point during a pass,
Peick gave Friese a look over his shoulder, which
might've antagonized Friese enough to retaliate
in the next turn, but this time he clearly took out
Peick, whose temper went off the charts. He got
up and punched Friese's helmet not once but five
times! And that wasn't all. After the pummeling,
Peick gave Friese "the finger," then a shove. Friese
did not fight back but kept trying to pick up his bike
and get back into the race, which he eventually
did. Peick, on the other hand, was in no hurry to
resume racing. (He instead went back to the pits.)
This bit of elbow rubbing with Vince Friese in a heat race led
