WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 53 ISSUE 14 APRIL 12, 2016 P81
very best racers in the sport
struggled with the track condi-
tions, Aaron Plessinger made
it look easy. He won his heat
race to start the night, then
went on to absolutely domi-
nate the main event, leading
every lap on his way to lapping
up to 10th place in the 15-lap
main.
Perhaps more importantly,
Plessinger moved himself into
second in the points stand-
ings behind GEICO Honda's
Malcolm Stewart (second in
Indianapolis) and now sits
only 10 points behind Stewart
with four rounds left to run. In
other words, he controls his
own destiny, in part thanks to
a big crash by his teammate
and heat-one winner Jeremy
Martin. Martin went down on
lap nine of the main event
while running third and hit
the ground so hard that his
handlebars came off of his
YZ250F. Even if he wasn't too
beat up to continue, his bike
was, and just like that he went
from just a few points behind
Stewart to 28 points behind in
fourth place. A favorite coming
into the 250SX East, Jeremy
Martin will need a lot of help if
he's going to win a supercross
championship in 2016.
background has played in his
victories, and especially his win
in Indianapolis. With the ruts and
the constantly shifting dirt caus-
ing racers to change their lines,
or at least their approach to their
lines, throughout the race, it's
easy to figure that a background
in woods racing would be very
helpful. And on a night where the
Aaron Plessinger made it five
different winners in as many races
in the 250SX East main event. He
is just 10 points out of first place
in the championship.
