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SUPERCROSS ROUND 10 / MARCH 10, 2018 DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY / DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA P68 MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS iii My Own Race: 25 MARVIN MUSQUIN 5TH 450SX Marvin Musquin (Red Bull KTM) blew a golden opportunity to pull back a chunk of points on championship leader Jason Anderson when he passed Brayton for the lead early in the race, but instead, the runner-up in the series, Musquin, proceeded to crash several times for an eventual fifth place. "It's really disappointing to finish fifth tonight," Musquin said. "I felt really good all day on my bike and I feel like we threw away a win. I had a good start and was there in third, but this time I tried to be smarter with my passes and it worked as I got into the lead. I was able to pull away a little until I made a big mistake, almost looped out and landed on the ground in the mechanics area. I then had another crash in a turn quickly after getting back on the bike, which took me a little bit of time to reset and refocus so I fought hard to come back to fifth." This broke Musquin's streak of four second-place finishes in a row. The mistakes cost Musquin eight points in the championship chase, which he now trails by 40. 21 JASON ANDERSON 7TH 450SX Jason Anderson had his first bad night of the season. Slow starts and falls cost him big all night, starting with a heat-race crash on the opening lap, which left him barely qualifying for the main event in ninth place. Then another poor start and a crash left him seventh in the main event, his worst finish of the season so far. "I had great quali- fying sessions," said Anderson. "I fell down in the heat race after getting hit with a Tuff Block, but came back to ninth to qualify for the main. I didn't have the best gate pick in the main, but I made my way through the pack and ended up falling down. I was able to finish seventh. My points are still good, so I'm just going to move onto next week and keep the train rolling." 32 CHRISTIAN CRAIG 4TH 450SX Honda HRC fill-in rider Christian Craig almost made it two Hondas on the 450SX podium. "I had a good gate pick and some confidence going into the main," Craig said who had earlier in the evening won his heat race. "I grabbed the holeshot and led for almost the first lap, but [Justin] Brayton got by me pretty quick. I stayed sec- ond for quite a while. I just rode my hardest and did my best. Unfortunately, a couple guys got by me in the end so I ended up fourth. The track was so tough. This is only my second time racing Daytona and last year didn't go well, so I really wanted to get some revenge this year. It's better than the week before, but man, I was so close to a podium." 76 KYLE PETERS 6TH 250SX EAST It was a good night for Kyle Peters. The Autotrader/Yoshimura Suzuki Team rider got off to a fast start in the main and was just as fast at the end for sixth. "I had a good day," Peters said. "Right off the bat I felt better than all of the other [supercross rounds this year]. I got in a little bit better of a flow. My practice times were up there. I had a good start in the heat race and rode defensively, so I need to work on that. Everyone flinched off the gate at the start of the 250 main event and I got a terrible jump, but I came around in the top 10. I need to be a bit more aggressive with my riding, but I'm gaining ground. Sixth place isn't where I want to be, but we're making improvements. The goal is to be on the box, and I'm not satisfied until I get up there." 27 MALCOLM STEWART 16TH 450SX Malcolm Stewart (Autotrader/Yoshimura Suzuki) was hoping to have a good finish in front of his home fans but a crash in the main prevented that from happening. "I felt really good all day long," Stewart said. "The heat race went well, and I finished fourth. In the main event I was running in seventh place after a few laps, but tangled with another rider. I fell back to 18th, and moved up to 16th by the end of the race. That's part of racing."