SUPERCROSS
2018 MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS, AN FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 17 / MAY 5, 2018
SAM BOYD STADIUM / LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
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pressive: four wins, 11 podiums,
15 top fives and 16 top tens. He
finished out the season with
356 points, nine points more
than the next-best rider, Marvin
Musquin. In comparison, last
year's champion and Anderson's
current training partner, Ryan
Dungey, earned 359 points and
had three wins.
"Today was really stressful,
crap right now but I'm all good,"
he said before departing.
Anderson used a little bit of
everything to garner his and
Husqvarna's first 450SX title:
over the course of the 17-race
season, he was fast, consistent,
took advantage of good luck
when it came is way, and made
the best of any bad situations.
His 2018 SX report card is im-
week, which was pretty crazy."
Nerves might've finally caught
up to Anderson during the post-
race press conference, where
he suddenly got up and de-
parted the stage about halfway
through, saying he felt cold and
wanted a sweatshirt. He blamed
it on a bout with food poisoning
that he said really affected him
the previous night. "I feel like
Unlike last week in Salt
Lake City, Anderson stayed
away from trouble this
time and rode to a safe
second in his heat and
fifth in the main to seal the
championship.
