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SUPERCROSS MONSTER ENERGY CUP OCTOBER 15, 2016 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA / SAM BOYD STADIUM P82 in Best Whip, while Taka Higashino took the win in Freestyle. Starts hindered Yamaha's Chad Reed at the Monster Energy Cup, but in the second main event he ran in the top three until the very end until he was passed for third by Mar- vin Musquin. After the race, Reed stopped to talk to team manager Jim Perry and then the FIM's John Galla- gher because he thought that maybe Musquin had passed him under a red-cross flag, but Gallagher con- cluded that he did not. At the end of the night, while most of the press was down in the locker room for the press conference, a spectator jumped in the Yamaha YXZ that was displayed down on the floor and began driving it recklessly fast all over the place, even hitting one of the event workers. He was arrested, and the person he hit reportedly avoided any major injuries. As if that story isn't crazy enough, witnesses seem to be- lieve the guy wasn't even drunk, just incredibly stupid. The Road 2 Recovery Foundation and the TLD/Red Bull KTM team are raffling off Jessy Nelson's race bike to benefit Nelson in his recovery from a spinal-cord injury suffered in a crash at this year's Unadilla National. Tickets are avail- able through the Road2Recovery website, and it will be raffled off next year. So far, as of the writing of this article, $192,745 has been raised by R2R for Nelson, which is 38.55% of the $500,000 goal. Jimmy Albertson's Motorcycle Su- perstore Suzuki team looks like it has ceased to be. When the team began prior to the 2016 season, they reportedly had a three-year deal, but that was cut short for one reason or another. Albertson raced the Mon- ster Energy Cup on a Suzuki without any graphics whatsoever. Knowing there was a brand-new Toy- ota Tacoma on the line for anybody who could get both holeshots in the Amateur All Stars races, it should've been a safe bet that the truck would go to a Motoconcepts Honda racer. In the hands of Mike Alessi, that team gets a lot of holeshots in the pro ranks. Motoconcepts' Cameron McAdoo got the holeshot in the first race, and after leading half the race, was running third when he went down on the last lap and finished seventh. TLD KTM's Mitchell Falk looked outstanding on his way to the race-one victory over Challen Ten- nant and TLD KTM teammate Sean Cantrell. At the start of the second race, McAdoo managed to grab an- other holeshot (winning the Tacoma in the process) while Falk had an absolutely massive crash when he pinballed off of a few other racers down the very fast start straight and ended up tumbling a good 40 feet off his motorcycle. McAdoo went on to win the moto, and due to the afore- mentioned crash and another first- lap pileup, McAdoo ended up with the overall victory, as well, with a 7-1 score. Asked if the Tacoma is a big upgrade over what he's driving now, McAdoo said, "It's a huge upgrade! My transmission in my van went out, and I've been driving around in a $1400 Ford Escape back home that I drive around now. It gets good gas mileage and stuff. I'm on a budget." McAdoo will be making his pro debut in the 250SX East in 2017. The SuperMini class had solid rac- ing all night, mainly between Kawa- saki's Stilez Robertson and Seth Hammaker, and Factory Connec- tion Honda's Carson Mumford, on the only four-stroke in the field (the CRF150R, built and tuned by Kibby and the boys at the Factory Connec- tion team). Hammaker battled his way past both Robertson and Mumford in the first race to take the win, with Rob- ertson and Mumford finishing second and third. But as the same three rac- ers battled it out for the win in moto two, Hammaker went down. He even- tually finished 18th in the moto. Out front, Robertson and Mumford battled for the entire race, but Robertson was ultimately able to hold Mumford off for the race and overall win. "When you jump back into the stadium it's amaz- ing," said Robertson of racing in front of a large crowd. "You can hear all the fans go nuts and it makes the Monster Energy Cup absolutely incredible. In the race I knew there were a few plac- es I was fast and a few places I need- ed to be faster. When it came down to it I got out front and was able to run my own race to take home the win. Winning the Monster Energy Cup Su- permini Championship is huge for me and Team Green Kawasaki, I couldn't be happier right now." Briefly... cont. on pg. 84