WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 54 ISSUE 1 JANUARY 10, 2017 P55
450cc class full-time, and Martin
moving over to the GEICO
Honda team, Plessinger made
it clear that he's hoping to pick
up where his teammates left off
with a championship before his
anticipated move to the 450cc
class as early as next year.
However, if Plessinger's path
to the championship was sup-
posed to be predestined, some-
body should've told TLD/Red
Bull KTM's Shane McElrath.
Plessinger didn't qualify for the
main as high as he had hoped,
due in part to a poor start in his
heat race, and he lined up for
the main event on the far inside
gate, while McElrath had a much
better pick and took advantage
of it to grab the early lead.
"My start in the heat race, I
got a good jump and was out
with [Jeremy] Martin, but kind
of got pushed wide and had to
come from the back," Plessinger
With his third A1 win in the
last four years—and, as yet, no
supercross titles to speak of—
there's still reason for Roczen's
competition to be hopeful, but if
just a few more early rounds end
like Anaheim I did, Roczen is go-
ing to be very tough to stop. As
it is, Roczen will be adding a red
number-plate to his red Honda in
San Diego.
250SX West
Over his first few seasons as
a professional, Yamalube Star
Racing Yamaha's Aaron Pless-
inger has won races while he's
witnessed his teammates pull
down a handful of champion-
ships, including the last two
250cc West titles (Cooper
Webb) and three 250cc Na-
tional MX Championships in a
row (Jeremy Martin in 2014 and
2015, and Webb in 2016). With
Webb having moved up to the
wasn't breathing hard or any-
thing. It was one of those races
that could have just kept going.
But I think in the near future
we're going to see tracks being
a lot more tacky and we can
push more and it's going to be a
lot of fun. It was definitely a little
bit more of a different Anaheim
than I've seen it before."
450SX Highlights
