WEBB TAKES SAN DIEGO SX
F
ollowing on from his second place finish in
Oakland, KTM’s Cooper Webb went one
better in San Deigo to take the win ahead
of Kawasaki’s Adam Cianciarulo.
It was a successful day for the KTM brand as
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Cooper Webb
claimed the top step of the 450SX podium in
San Diego at Round 6 of the 2020 AMA
Supercross Championship.
Webb, the fourth-place qualifier, lined up in
450SX Heat 1 where he got off to a top-three
start. However, his front tire hit a big dirt clot
exiting a corner on the opening lap and he went
down right away. He re-mounted just outside the
top-10 and charged his way up to a sixth-place
transfer position.
In the Main Event, Webb got another great jump
off the start aboard his KTM 450 SX-F Factory
Edition and he injected himself into the lead
battle early on. Settling into second, Webb rode
a calculated race to ultimately set himself up for
a race-winning pass with five laps to go.
The 2019 450SX Champion held strong in the
final laps to claim his first race-win of the 2020
season in San Diego.
“I got into the lead early and then Adam
[Cianciarulo] made a good aggressive move on
the inside and I just kind of let him go, Webb said
in the post race press conference. “The track, I
knew it was going to be hard to pass and I knew
it was going to be a long Main Event so I was just
kind of riding in there. I tried to make a pass a
few laps earlier but we played cat and mouse
which allowed Blake [Baggett] to catch up and
I didn’t want to do that. It feels good late in the
race to get that pass and the win tonight.”
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