SUPERCROSS
ROUND 14 / APRIL 16, 2016
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI / THE DOME AT AMERICA'S CENTER
P56
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES
It was another frustrating day for Yo-
shimura Suzuki's James Stewart. In
his heat race, he and Weston Peick
tangled with Stewart taking the brunt
of collision when their lines crossed
entering a turn—Peick was taking the
high route (in the air) and Stewart
the low route (both wheels on the
ground). Both riders got up (though
it took Stewart a little while) and fin-
ished the race, but Stewart sat out
the rest of the night with a sore back.
Red Bull KTM's Marvin Musquin had
a disappointing night. He was looking
to get on the podium in the 450SX
main while running fifth behind Ja-
son Anderson, who eventually moved
into third after running Justin Brayton
wide and off the track. Musquin later
went down on his own after land-
ing awkwardly from a jump. He got
up but eventually had to pull into the
mechanics area with an issue with his
holeshot device. He ended up 15th.
Chad Reed reached a milestone at
the St. Louis Supercross, as it was
his 200th career supercross start. A
bad started eliminated any chance of
celebrating it on the podium, but he
did ride well. The two-time SX champ
started off in 13th place and finished
in sixth. The Monster Energy/Yama-
ha rider says he has no plans to retire
anytime soon.
Smartop MotoConcepts Racing's
Mike Alessi made use of one of his
usual good starts and came away
with a heat-race win, topping Trey
Canard, Josh Grant, Marvin Musquin
and Chad Reed. Unfortunately for
him, he was not able to back up that
good start with another in the main
event. He completed the first lap just
inside the top 10 and went on to fin-
ish ninth.
Briefly...
450SX
1. Ryan Dungey (KTM)
2. Ken Roczen (Suz)
3. Jason Anderson (Hus)
4. Justin Bogle (Hon)
5. Trey Canard (Hon)
6. Chad Reed (Yam)
7. Eli Tomac (Kaw)
8. Josh Grant (Kaw)
9. Justin Brayton (KTM)
10. Mike Alessi (Hon)
250SX EAST
1. Jeremy Martin (Yam)
2. Aaron Plessinger (Yam)
3. Shane McElrath (KTM)
4. RJ Hampshire (Hon)
5. Gannon Audette (Kaw)
6. Anthony Rodriguez (Kaw)
7. Alexander Frye (KTM)
8. Malcolm Stewart (Hon)
9. Tyler Bowers (Kaw)
10. Paul Coates (Hon)
30 SHANE MCELRATH 3
RD
250SX
Shane McElrath continues to ride well since beginning the 250SX East championship
while still recovering from a pre-season wrist injury. He backed up his season best with
another third in St. Louis. He ran in second place for nearly the whole first half of the race
before giving way to Plessinger. McElrath admits that his wrist is still not 100 percent yet.
