CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 55 ISSUE 6 FEBRUARY 13, 2018 P47
D
uring a season where it seems all of the other championship contend-
ers are committing costly errors, Rockstar Energy Husqvarna's Jason
Anderson has been a rock. In the five races run prior to the San Diego
Supercross, Anderson qualified for the main event either first or second a total of
four times, and in those races he managed a score of 2-1-3-4-1, only missing the
podium one time.
In San Diego, Anderson qualified first for the main event yet again, then went
out and chased down Honda HRC's Cole Seely to take his third main-event win
of the season. More significant for the championship, though, was the DNF
of his closest points rival, Honda HRC's Ken Roczen, after an ugly crash with
Monster Energy/Knich Yamaha's Cooper Webb that saw Roczen's hand get
sucked into Webb's spinning rear wheel. And Anderson's next-closest points
rival, Webb's teammate Justin Barcia, matched his worst finish of the young sea-
son so far with an eighth place. Now only six races in, Anderson sports a hefty
28-point lead with 11 rounds still left to go.
And in the 250SX West class, AutoTrader/JGR Suzuki's Justin Hill broke
through to take his first win of the series and keep himself in (albeit distant)
championship contention as the 250SX West goes on hiatus for a few weeks,
and Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Joey Savatgy gutted out a perfor-
mance that will be remembered if he ends up taking the 250SX West title.
ANDERSON
PULLS CLEAR
TOMAC DNFS,
ROCZEN
INJURED,
ANDERSON
SHINES IN
SAN DIEGO
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY
BY STEVE COX
