SUPERCROSS
ROUND 13 / APRIL 9, 2016
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA / LUCAS OIL STADIUM
P88
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES
23 AARON PLESSINGER 1ST 250SX
Yamalube/Star Racing Yamaha's Aaron Pless-
inger made a very difficult track look almost easy
on his way to his first win of the year. "I've had
a rough couple of weeks, and I just went back
with [trainer] Gareth Swanepoel and [teammate]
Cooper Webb and trained my butt off," Pless-
inger said. "That really helped!"
50 MALCOLM STEWART 2ND 250SX
GEICO Honda's Malcolm Stewart made the best
of a rough night in Indianapolis to finish second
and hold onto the points lead as the series heads
to St. Louis. "Believe it or not, this race was one
of the toughest rounds just because the track
changes every lap," Stewart said. "I had a few big
mistakes, and I've got to give it to Aaron [Pless-
inger]; he was just the better man today. He rode
good. I'm happy to keep my GEICO Honda on the
box. You can't win the championship in one race,
but you can lose it in one race..."
4 BLAKE BAGGETT 5TH 450SX
It's been a long, tough, sometimes painful and
frustrating supercross season for Yoshimura
Suzuki's Blake Baggett, but things are begin-
ning to look up for the former 250 National MX
Champion. Baggett suffered an injury during the
off-season and returned midstream, then suffered
another setback. Ever since returning at Daytona,
he has struggled to finish in the top 10, but he
smashed that by placing fifth at Indy. Baggett
came out of timed qualifying 13th and then won
his Semi. In the main, Baggett ran 11th on the first
lap then worked his way up to fourth by the time
it was all over. At that time, he had his sights on
fourth-place Canard. "Fifth-place for the night,
definitely my best race of the year," Baggett said.
"It's good. We're coming along, plugging away
and going in the right direction, definitely improv-
ing. We're just going to build on it from here. I'm
excited."
