SUPERCROSS
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS, AN FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 9 / MARCH 3, 2018
MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM / ATLANTA, GEORGIA
P64
250SX EAST
Although the Atlanta Supercross,
in the new Mercedes-Benz
Stadium, marked the second
Triple Crown event of the year, it
was the first for the racers in the
250SX East. In the first of the
three main events, fast qualifier
Martin Davalos (Monster Ener-
gy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki) got out
to the early lead, then tossed it
away on his own out front, hand-
ing the lead to Zach Osborne
(Rockstar Energy Husqvarna).
Osborne held on to win over
Dylan Ferrandis (Monster En-
ergy/Yamalube/Star Racing Ya-
maha), Jordon Smith (TLD Red
Bull KTM), Davalos's teammate
Austin Forkner, Ferrandis's team-
mate Colt Nichols and Jeremy
Martin (Geico Honda).
In the second main event,
Forkner got out to the early lead
while Osborne and Davalos
fought over second. Nichols was
one of a few racers down in turn
one, and his teammate Ferrandis
hung up his footpeg on a Tuff
Block on the face of a triple and
was ejected spectacularly, land-
ing feet-first on the face of the
third jump. That ended his night.
Osborne chased Forkner
down, then put a wheel in on
Forkner in the first turn, but
down the ensuing rhythm lane,
their paths came together in the
air, causing Osborne to have a
scary crash and a resulting con-
troversy as to who crossed over
