Phoenix Supercross

This past weekend was the second round for the west coast supercross. We were in my hometown on phoenix, AZ. I was excited for the weekend, and looking forward to racing in front of all my friends and family.

The week leading up to phoenix didn't start out so well as I had a huge crash in practice on tuesday. I was super sore going into the weekend, but luckily was able to ride press day both thursday and friday to try and loosen up and get back on the bike after the crash.

Saturday morning started out with track walk, and I thought the track was going to be fun and technical. I started out slow in practice and took a little bit of time to get going, I was struggling in the whoops and that was really hurting my lap time in the first practice. I was able to go back and watch some film and figure out what I needed to do for the final practice. I went out and was able to better my time and ended up qualifying in 26th for the night show. I knew I had to pick it up a little bit and had more in me, but I was just ready to get to racing.

The night show started for me in heat 1, as I got off to a decent start and was able to come out inside the top ten after the first couple corners. Then one guy rolled a triple in front of me first lap and I ended up having to roll it as well losing a few positions and was outside the top ten. I went to work quickly and made a bunch of passes the first lap. I was able to work my way into 8th place and was in qualifying position. I then unfortunately made a mistake in the whoops and allowed one guy to the inside of me who took me super high and allowed another guy to get passed me as well and knock me out of the top nine qualifying position. I ended up finishing the heat in 10th and was sent to the lcq.

I was pretty pissed at myself going into the lcq and was able to use that to get off to a good start, I was sitting in fourth place the first lap and was in qualifying position, and then a red flag came out for a downed rider. We restarted the race, and this time I was able to get an even better start and came out second. I rode the rest of the lcq in second and was able to transfer into the main.

I started out the main with a terrible start from way outside, but knew that I would be good for the 15 laps, and immediately went to work trying to make passes. I was able to get past quite a few guys and got into a pace and just stayed in my pace and tried to ride my own race. I passed a couple more people, and also a couple people went down and by then end of the race I was able to work my way up to 13th which is where I ended up finishing for the night.

I was happy with my results for my first main, and I know what I need to work on for the rest of the season. I just want to use this as a building block and keep the momentum rolling for the rest of the season.