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There were positives for Christian Craig, as well, who led most of his qualifying heat race in his first supercross since 2013. He ended up second. His main event fell apart when he tangled with another rider and damaged his front wheel, pushing him back to a 17th place finish.
“I was feeling confident after practice,” said Craig, of California. “Got a holeshot in the heat and led for four laps. Cooper [Webb] passed me where a rider was down and yellow flags, I didn’t know you could pass through there, kind of a mistake on my part not knowing the rule. End- ed up second. Went into the main and knew I could run top five or get on the podium. I ended up tangling out of the gate with someone. Made some quick passes, was going to pass [Joey] Savatgy and I clipped his front wheel. Pretty much ended my night, my wheel hit his footpeg and it broke a couple spokes in my front wheel, I had to pull into the mechanic’s area to get them pulled out. I went back out there and salvaged what I could. I’m healthy and looking forward to next weekend to show what I’ve got.”
Qualified strong with a 3rd... Ended the night with a 17th place finish in the main.
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