SUPERCROSS
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS, AN FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 16 / APRIL 28, 2018
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH / RICE-ECCLES STADIUM
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in the race, and then checked
out, riding a calm, collected race
to take his fourth win of the year.
"Frankie just told me [right after
finishing the race] that Anderson
got a flat tire or something," Mus-
pened there to my bike."
Musquin passed early leader
Blake Baggett (Rocky Moun-
tain ATV-MC/WPS KTM) when
Baggett bobbled in the same turn
that would also bite Tomac later
repairs, even finishing inside the
top 10 was going to be a fantasy.
He rejoined the race two laps
down following the swap for a
new wheel. And to make matters
worse, the one man—Musquin—
he didn't want to see leading
the race was way out front, and
Tomac, the one rider who he
hoped would finish ahead of the
KTM rider, was mid-pack.
"I actually felt my footpeg go
into Jason's front wheel," Tomac
said. "I was like, 'holy crap! What
was that!' Luckily nothing hap-
Anderson's mechanic swaps out
his bike's front wheel after a first-
turn get-together with Eli Tomac
that snapped multiple spokes.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
BROWNDOGWILSON
