WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 53 ISSUE 18 MAY 10, 2016 P77
brothers ever to both win AMA
Supercross Championships of
any kind.
"I'm so speechless right now.
That was the hardest 12 laps I've
ever had to do in my entire life,"
Stewart said. "I can't thank the
GEICO Honda team and my mom
and dad [enough]. What I went
through, me and my brother, it's
been and up-and-down season
for both of us. I felt like half of this
championship is his. I'll be back
next year in the 450cc class, and
hopefully we can keep the ball
rolling. All I know is I've got this
number-one plate now and I just
want to cry." CN
450SX
1. Ryan Dungey (KTM)
2. Jason Anderson (Hus)
3. Eli Tomac (Kaw)
4. Chad Reed (Yam)
5. Blake Baggett (Suz)
6. Broc Tickle (Suz)
7. Justin Brayton (KTM)
8. Trey Canard (Hon)
9. Cole Seely (Hon)
10. Justin Barcia (Yam)
250SX EAST/WEST SHOOTOUT
1. Joey Savatgy (Kaw)
2. Zach Osborne (Hus)
3. Malcolm Stewart (Hon)
4. Aaron Plessinger (Yam)
5. Gannon Audette (Kaw)
6. Colt Nichols (Yam)
7. Tyler Bowers (Kaw)
8. Christian Craig (Hon)
9. Luke Renzland (Yam)
10. Martin Davalos (Hus)
over Savatgy.
"I mean, my mechanic was
letting me know on the pitboard,
and for a little bit there, we were
good," Savatgy said in regard
to the 250cc West Champion-
ship. "Hats off to Cooper. He did
what he had to do, and I know
what it's like to go through what
he's going through. You can't
take anything away from the guy.
He's back-to-back champion for
a reason. He's a bad dude on a
dirt bike. But to end the series
like this is unbelievable. We got
off to a great start and there was
nothing else that I could do. If
we could've eliminated a few
mistakes earlier in the year... I'm
a little bit disappointed."
Savatgy will undoubtedly be a
favorite in 2017, but for this year,
it was Cooper Webb taking the
title despite his injured wrist.
"It was definitely not easy,
but we fought for it, and that's
why we're up here," Webb said.
"All the hard work during the
season has definitely paid off. I
wasn't going to let the injury set
me back. Unfortunately, I had a
crash, and I wasn't looking good
there for a second, and I knew
what I had to do. I'm just stoked
to get it done."
As far as the 250SX East was
concerned, GEICO Honda's
Malcolm Stewart came into the
race with a 14-point lead over
Webb's teammates Aaron Pless-
inger and Jeremy Martin (the lat-
ter of which was farther behind),
but Stewart never left any doubt
as to the result. He won the
East heat race with ease, then
fought his way through the muck
for third place and was the first
East racer across the line to take
his first-ever title and make he
and his brother, James, the first
Cooper Webb clinched his second
straight 250SX West title and did so
racing with a broken wrist.
