SUPERCROSS
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS, AN FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 6 / FEBRUARY 10, 2018
PETCO PARK / SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
P54
Justin Hill (1)
broke through for
his first win of the
year and the first
with his new team.
Joey Savatgy
overcame a hand
injury to finish
fourth.
250SX
When AutoTrader/JGR Suzuki's Justin
Hill finished off the pace at round
one of the 2018 Monster Energy
250SX Western Regional Supercross
Championship at Anaheim I, he said
after the post-race press conference,
"Don't worry, I'll win on this bike. It's a
good bike." Five weeks later, he did.
That was maybe a little longer than he
planned but he lived up to his words.
Hill was fastest in qualifying and
won his heat race. In the main event,
he started behind former Monster En-
ergy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki teammates
Joey Savatgy and Adam Cianciarulo,
and Cianciarulo went by Savatgy (who
had injured his hand in practice) early,
and began to pull away. But Hill soon