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SUPERCROSS MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS ROUND 6 / FEBRUARY 10, 2018 PETCO PARK / SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA P60 32 CHRISTIAN CRAIG 6TH 250SX WEST Geico Honda's Christian Craig finished well off the podium in the 250SX West main. "Honestly I don't even know what to say at this point because I'm just sounding like a broken record," said Craig. "Felt awesome all day in San Diego. I really thought it was my night. I qualified third and was riding awesome—everyone on the team was pumped on how I was riding. I finished second in my heat and felt tight the entire time. In the main, I got a terrible start and passed a few guys early on but just couldn't get up where I should be and where I'm capable of being. Luckily we have a few weeks off so I can figure out whatever is going on right now and break this trend." 14 COLE SEELY 4TH 450SX Cole Seely was leading again but couldn't hold on and ended up fourth. "It's frustrating for sure, but I'm trying to take away the positives," Seely said. "I've got good speed, rode ag- gressive in the heat race, and my starts have been better, so I just need to put it all together. I just need to figure out that last missing piece that's keeping me from winning races. I started making little mistakes; I'd start to feel the front end tuck and would have to back it down a little bit, and in all the spots that I had to back it down, those guys caught up with me and made passes. After that I got tight and just couldn't keep going forward. I held on and pushed as long as I could but I wasn't getting the traction I felt I needed. I didn't predict that the track was going to get so slick. During our briefing after the heat race, I said I wanted to keep the bike the same and liked the way it handled. In hindsight, I should've made some adjustments, but I need to continue working on it and hopefully get a win soon." 34 WESTON PEICK 7TH 450SX "San Diego was a bummer, plain and simple," said Autotrader/Yo- shimura/Suzuki's Westin Peick of his seventh-place finish. "I was feeling well all day. I was the sixth-fastest rider in practice, which was better than where I have typically been qualifying. I got off to a decent start in the heat race, made a few bobbles, and worked my way up to third. I was feeling solid in the main event. I prob- ably would have come out of the first turn in the top five, but [Ken] Roczen went down and I fell. The bike got stuck on top of me. I got back going and riding really well, passing from 17th up to seventh place. I would have liked to have passed [Justin] Brayton and [Broc] Tickle, but I'm happy with the progress I'm making." 27 MALCOLM STEWART 17TH 450SX Malcolm Stewart also went down in the first turn with his teammate Peick. "I wasn't feeling that good all day, until the main event came," Stewart said. "I went down in the first turn, got back going, and climbed up to 12th place. Then I hit a Tuff Block and went down. Overall, I was riding well. I just need to clean the mistakes up and make it happen in order to get the results I feel I should be getting."