Saturday, January 29, 2022 at 12:39PM 
During press day yesterday for round 4 of the 2022 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship in Anaheim, 250SX West Region points leader Christian Craig had a MASSIVE get off and was saved by the Steve Matthes (or Kevin Windham, depending on who you ask) Memorial Nets.
Saturday, January 29, 2022 at 9:46AM The Monster Energy® Yamaha Star Racing team kicked off the 2022 Supercross season with a mix of heartbreak and triumph. While a defending champ went down to a season-ending injury, Star Racing teammates stepped up ready to take on the title fight. Christian Craig served notice that he’s the man to beat in the 250 class with back-to-back wins, and bLU cRU new guy Eli Tomac showed exceptional early speed on the YZ450F to demonstrate why he’s a huge threat for another premier class championship.
What a season! In the first three Supercross races of the 2022 AMA Supercross Championship, there have been three different winners and a host of different riders standing on the 450 podium. It makes you wonder who will be next on the top step when the series moves to Anaheim 2 on January 29, 2022. The most common thread of the first three rounds, apart from different winners, is that the configuration of the first couple corners has put made the holeshot of paramount importance. Being in the top five from the start is a giant factor in who eventually wins as they break away in the first couple corners. However, as always luck plays an equally importance role. For example, last week’s winner Jason Anderson was motoring up through the front runners, when his Kawasaki started steaming. This has been a problem that plagued Kawasaki over the last few years—and it bit Jason Anderson in San Diego. Red plate holder Justin Barcia got pushed off the track by Justin Bogle and current Champion Cooper Webb see-sawed back and forth between being fast and slow all night. It was interesting—except for the fact that Chase Sexton got away early and was untouched to the checkers for his first-ever 450 Supercross win. At night’s end nothing was resolved as the top four are only separated by 3 points and the top eight by 7 points.
SAN DIEGO 450 RESULTS
1. Chase Sexton…Hon
2. Eli Tomac…Yam
3. Dylan Ferrandis…Yam
4. Cooper Webb…KTM
5. Malcolm Stewart…Hus
