VOL. 55 ISSUE 21 MAY 30, 2018 P75
Tomac then had his forward progress more
or less stunted for half of the race when he
caught up to Musquin, who was running
second at the time.
But once Tomac found his way by Musquin
(cleanly!), it didn't take long for him to close
the gap on Anderson. After Tomac passed
Anderson for the lead on the second-to-last
holeshot there and I was like, 'Damn
it man, I needed that,'" said Jeremy.
"We battled tooth and nail and AP was
able to get through us and make the
move happen. The track was a little
tough to pass today. Alex and I battled
all the way there. I was like, 'get out of
the way! [laughs]' I was able to send
it in deep and get him on the outside;
it was good battle. We tried to run
down Aaron, but he was just in cruise
control. I was hoping maybe I could
catch him off-guard and bring it into
the finish."
TONED DOWN
The original layout of the Glen Helen
track had even the top riders on edge
because of some of the massive gap
jumps, but after some discussions,
the questionable jumps were scaled
back. After that, most of the riders
were pleased with the track. "We
saw in Instagram that it was just huge
gap doubles," Anderson said. "When
it gets rough and stuff, when you're
going so high speed, you're battling
guys, someone checks up, it can
get really dangerous. But [after the
modifications to the jumps] I thought
they did a great job and the track was
perfect for racing. It was maybe a little
one-lined but we got passed by Eli
so I guess it wasn't too bad." "Typical
Glen Helen, it got rough, edgy, hard
and soft," said Musquin. "It wasn't too
sketchy," said Plessinger. "I think it
turned out really good."
CRUNCH TIME
Jason Anderson admitted that he had
little time to prepare for the outdoor
nationals. "For the outdoors, the worst
part for preparation was that I was so
focused on the supercross deal and
didn't ride much outdoors, but neither
Briefly...
Jason Anderson
(21) chases Chris
Blose in the first
moto. Anderson
finished out the
day third overall.
