CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 53 ISSUE 6 FEBRUARY 17, 2016 P53
21 JASON ANDERSON 4TH 450SX
"I got a good start in the heat race," said Jason
Anderson. "I didn't get such a good start in the main,
though." Anderson was the only guy anywhere near
the front who was able to make a lot of passes. He
passed his way from the tail end of the top-10 all the
way up to fourth. "All in all it wasn't a bad night, and
I still got fourth. The track was super slick and it was
tough to make passes but I still made it happen. I'm
just going to keep charging."
45 KYLE CUNNINGHAM 11TH 250SX
Kyle Cunningham finished 11th on his Motorcycle Super-
store/Suzuki RM-Z250 at Petco Park. The finish keeps
Cunningham inside the top-10 of the AMA 250 West Re-
gion Supercross point standings, in ninth position after six
of eight rounds. Cunningham said he felt the best he has
all season in his heat race. All signs were pointing towards
a great night until he got caught up in a first-turn pileup in
the 250 West main. Despite the tumble, Cunningham was
able to make a strong comeback. "My bike was working
really well," Cunningham said. "In the main I started on the
outside and then got tangled up with a couple of people
and went down. I rode as hard as I could and got back
to 11th. My pace was really good, even though I made a
couple of bobbles. Overall I rode solid and got a decent
finish after the first-turn crash."
34 PHIL NICOLETTI 18TH 450SX
"The track was super tight today," Phil Nicoletti said of his
race. "We had to go up a tooth in gearing; 450s are a big
bike out there. Because in second gear, the spacing for
the track, I was actually going to first in quite a bit of the
corners and using my clutch a little more than I wanted. So
yeah, we went up a tooth in gearing and it helped out a lot.
Track was super, super tight and hard-packed and slick.
It bit a lot of people. A lot of people tucked the front ends
tonight. Yeah, it is what it is. I had a tipover myself, lost the
front. But seven days and we'll do it all over again."
