For the last race of the initial western swing of the AMA Supercross Championship, the series headed into San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium for round seven of the 450cc series, and round six of the Lites West Coast series on Valentine’s Day.
In the Lites class, Team AMSOIL rider Trey Canard put his GEICO Powersports/Honda up front to win his heat race before getting a start just behind his teammate Dan Reardon in the main event. He ran fourth while Reardon was third. Not too long after Canard got by Reardon, Reardon went down and was slow to get up. By the time he got going, he was nearly a lap down, and he finished 18th despite the spill.
With San Diego in the rear view mirror, the Lites West riders on the GEICO Powersports team are going to be doing some outdoor
testing while the Lites East gets back up and running next weekend in Atlanta.
“The plan is to get a good outdoor setting and to get really comfortable with the outdoor bike over this break," said Canard. "With about two weeks before the last supercrosses, we’ll start working on that again and try to come out at the last three swinging,”
In the 450cc class, AMSOIL rider Kevin Windham started sixth before moving up to fifth on the fourth lap. He was pressuring Mike Alessi for fourth for a few laps before he got stuck in Alessi’s pace.
“I was a little disappointed with myself,” Windham said. “I got a little complacent, I believe, and in my position, I should’ve been more aggressive."
Still, Windham soldiered on for a seventh-place finish as the series prepares to head east to rutted, softer tracks that could favor his riding style.
From here, the GEICO Powersports Honda team heads to Atlanta for round eight of the AMA Supercross Series, and round two of the Lites Eastern Regional Supercross Championship, on February 21 inside the Georgia Dome, team Lites riders Brett Metcalfe and Blake Wharton will pick up where they left off in Houston a few weeks ago.
In the Lites class, Team AMSOIL rider Trey Canard put his GEICO Powersports/Honda up front to win his heat race before getting a start just behind his teammate Dan Reardon in the main event. He ran fourth while Reardon was third. Not too long after Canard got by Reardon, Reardon went down and was slow to get up. By the time he got going, he was nearly a lap down, and he finished 18th despite the spill.With San Diego in the rear view mirror, the Lites West riders on the GEICO Powersports team are going to be doing some outdoor
testing while the Lites East gets back up and running next weekend in Atlanta.“The plan is to get a good outdoor setting and to get really comfortable with the outdoor bike over this break," said Canard. "With about two weeks before the last supercrosses, we’ll start working on that again and try to come out at the last three swinging,”
In the 450cc class, AMSOIL rider Kevin Windham started sixth before moving up to fifth on the fourth lap. He was pressuring Mike Alessi for fourth for a few laps before he got stuck in Alessi’s pace.
“I was a little disappointed with myself,” Windham said. “I got a little complacent, I believe, and in my position, I should’ve been more aggressive."
Still, Windham soldiered on for a seventh-place finish as the series prepares to head east to rutted, softer tracks that could favor his riding style.
From here, the GEICO Powersports Honda team heads to Atlanta for round eight of the AMA Supercross Series, and round two of the Lites Eastern Regional Supercross Championship, on February 21 inside the Georgia Dome, team Lites riders Brett Metcalfe and Blake Wharton will pick up where they left off in Houston a few weeks ago.
Until then, we'll see you at the races.
