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gennaio 24, 2022 - KTM

Fourth-place result for Cooper Webb at San Diego SX

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s #cooperwebb landed just off the podium with a hard-fought fourth-place finish at Round 3 of the #amasupercross Championship in #sandiego. In what has already proven to be a fiercely contested title fight in the 450SX class, the reigning champion sits only one point behind in the early standings, while teammate #aaronplessinger trails by four after a sixth-place finish on Saturday night.

Webb overlooked a tough qualifying session earlier in the day and he rebounded with an impressive heat-race performance to kick off the night’s #racing. As the gate dropped for 450SX Heat 1, it was Webb who assumed the early lead aboard the KTM 450 SX-F FACTORY EDITION. #racing mistake-free, the two-time champ led all nine laps to secure his first heat-race win of the year.

In the Main Event, Webb got off to a top-five start and he diced back-and-forth in the early laps before finding himself in a battle with his teammate, Musquin. Webb eventually made his move into fourth and he continued to battle inside the top-five. With four laps to go, Webb charged past Jason Anderson to overtake fourth and from there he rode strong to finish only 1.4 seconds away from the podium.

Cooper Webb: "It was a struggle today, to say the least. Practice didn't go great and we fought hard in that Main Event giving it everything we had. We're only one point out so I can't complain about that, but we'll get to work this week. I wasn't feeling great last week and I didn't perform very well. We've got some work to do on the motorcycle and myself, so we'll fight until the very end.”

Coming off a podium finish at the last round, #aaronplessinger looked to extend his momentum into the night. He caught a tough break off the start of 450SX Heat 2 when he got tangled with another rider and went down in the first turn. Starting in dead last on the first lap, Plessinger fought his way back up to secure the final transfer spot in ninth.

With a tough gate pick for the Main Event, Plessinger found himself mid-pack off the start but he quickly charged into eighth early on. Making steady moves throughout the race, Plessinger worked his way up to the top-five battle, where he ultimately secured a sixth-place finish on the night.

Aaron Plessinger: It was kind of a tough day – I just couldn't really get into a flow on the track. I had an outside gate pick in the main and I made the best of it. I came around maybe 10th or so, and just kind of clicked off lap after lap and then I passed some #people and worked my way up to sixth. As bad as I thought it was, sixth is still a pretty good result for points, so we’ll go back this week and do our homework and come out swinging at A2." 

Marvin Musquin had a positive start to the day with a season-best qualifying finish in fourth. He got off to a top-three start in 450SX Heat 1 and he diced up front early on before settling into second-place behind his teammate Webb. He chased Webb down in the final laps and pressured him all the way to the checkers, finishing 0.814 seconds away from the win.

The Frenchmen nailed his start in the Main Event, just missing the official holeshot, and assuming the early lead right away on the opening lap. He maintained the lead for the first three laps but he lost his footing when another rider came in on the inside to overtake the lead spot. From there, Musquin lost his early momentum and found himself shuffled back to mid-pack, ultimately finishing 10th on the night.

Marvin Musquin: “We got better throughout the day, which was good, and I put myself into a good position for the heat race. I had a good ride in the heat race, I charged up to Cooper and got close to him for second. In the main, I had a great gate pick and I pulled the holeshot, which was amazing. I got passed by Chase [Sexton] and lost rhythm and everybody behind started passing me to the inside, that was a unique track with those 90 degrees turns. After that, I started #racing backwards and thinking behind instead of forward and unfortunately it killed me.”

Next Race: January 29 – Anaheim, California

Results 450SX Class – #sandiego SX

1. Chase Sexton (USA), Honda, 26 laps

2. Eli Tomac (USA), Yamaha, +06.001

3. Dylan Ferrandis (FRA), Yamaha, +07.758

4. #cooperwebb (USA), KTM, +09.133OTHER KTM

6. #aaronplessinger (USA), KTM

10. #marvinmusquin (FRA), KTM

12. Max Anstie (GBR), KTM

13. Shane McElrath (USA), KTM

18. Josh Hill (USA), KTM

21. Fredrik Noren (SWE), KTM

Standings 450SX Class 2022 after 3 of 17 rounds

1. Eli Tomac, 59 points

2. Chase Sexton, 58

3. #cooperwebb, 58

OTHER KTM

6. #aaronplessinger, 54

9. #marvinmusquin, 47

12. Max Anstie, 28

13. Joey Savatgy, 27

14. Shane McElrath, 24