ON TRACK OFF ROAD

“Once I saw the pit board and saw where I was,
around probably the 8th lap, I just realized I had a
pretty decent lead so I just kind of tried to maintain.
Every time I’d come around the start area I’d
check where he was and if he was a little closer
then I’d pick it up a lap but if he was a little further
back I’d just keep doing my thing. I was having
fun. The race felt really short to me. I just rode
my own race and had a good time.”
Perhaps there is scope to analyse
the effectiveness of Arenacross
as a training step for the
big stage. Tyler Bowers bumped
and bustled his way to a podium
I spoke with TLD manager Tyler Keefe before the
season about Nelson’s journey down to Florida
last year and how it could be a turning point for
Jessy in his career.
“I think going down to Florida he had a great opportunity
to go down there and I think he learned
a lot,” said Keefe “The kid’s work ethic has just
taken off. Now he enjoys training and he sees the
light at the end of the tunnel. With him, he’s 100%
doing his job. I have no complaints and very
happy with him as well.”
-Early in the heat race Pro Circuit’s Tyler Bowers,
the four-time arenacross champion who got
promoted to the big time this year showed that
his reputation of hard racing was well-deserved
when he punted Rockstar Husky’s Zach Osborne
off the track. The result of the collision was a broken
thumb for Osborne but remarkably Osborne
won the LCQ and placed second in the main event
right ahead of his buddy Bowers. The championship
for Osborne is now an extreme uphill battle.
Bowers though looked great and has the championship
experience on his side.
-Yamalube Yamaha’s Cooper Webb didn’t have
the best night at the opener but he was flying late
in the race as well as setting the fastest time in
qualifying. He’ll be a factor as soon as this weekend
at Phoenix. GEICO Honda’s Malcolm Stewart
crashed his way to the back and the 67th comeback
of Josh Hansen was just so-so with Hanny
showing some speed but also battling arm pump.