WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 53 ISSUE 8 MARCH 1, 2016 P51
18 DAVI MILLSAPS 4
TH
450SX
Davi seemed surprised at how well he did, consider-
ing his physical condition. "My thumb was really bad.
I hurt it in San Diego, didn't ride the next week and
going into last weekend I had to deal with that. Then
when I got home from Dallas, I got a gnarly sinus in-
fection that went into my ears and my throat. Tonight
was really bad for me, healing-wise and I didn't ride
all week for two weeks in a row now. Tonight I didn't
have the stamina or looseness that I wanted, but all in
all, I'm pumped to walk away with a fourth, with how
I felt. I had no more laps in me…if I had to do one
more, I'd be pissed."
50 MALCOLM STEWART 2
ND
250SX
Malcolm is full of confidence as he heads into round
two and why not? "The day was great. Practice was
good, the heat race went pretty good. In the main
event, Martin charged really hard the first couple
of laps and I took a few laps to really get going. We
were doing alright, sitting in second, catching Martin
and I hit the ground. I don't know who I hit; I didn't
even see him. I saw a yellow flag and it was kind of
blind over that dragon's back and I saw a flagger on
the right and didn't think too much about it. I came
around and hit him; it is what it is. I got back up and
charged the best I could, I caught Martin towards the
end, but I ran out of time. I'm happy because I could
have thrown the race way worse than what it was and
I could have got hurt. First place loser, it's not a bad
thing. Last season I started out 22nd, this season I'm
starting out second. We're in this for the long run."
53 TYLER BOWERS 8
TH
250SX
Tyler Bowers did not have the best night and admitted that
Mitch wasn't very happy with his performance. "I didn't
feel very comfortable on the bike the whole day. I knew I
was gonna be behind the ball on the training coming into
it, but I was ready for that. In the main event, I got off to a
decent start and worked up into third, but I blew my wad
a little early. I put on the fade and dropped back to eighth
place. It's not what I wanted, but close to what I expected.
I didn't expect to win it, like I said, I wasn't prepared
enough. I'm a little disappointed, but it could have been a
lot worse. I'm leaving here, not on the ground and I'm not
hurt. I haven't raced in over a year, so now I've got one
under my belt. So I'm a little happy with that and I'm ready
to go race the next few rounds."
