WORCS 2022 ROUND 1 PRIMM NEVADA

Herlings Hurt Again!

JEFFERY HERLINGS INJURED JUST 20-DAYS BEFORE 2022 MXGP SEASON OPENER

Sadly, the 2021 MXGP World Champion, Jeffery Herlings, has injured his left foot just 20-days ahead of the series opener for the 2022 MXGP season. Jeffery’s career has been characterized by dominating speed and dramatic injuries. Sometimes, Herlings is able to overcome the injuries to win anyways. For example: last season at Round 4 of the 2021 MXGP season at Oss, Holland, Jeffery was landed on immediately after the race began (click here to watch videos of it) and he somehow still managed to win the moto with a broken shoulder blade. However, the pain was too much to bear afterwards and Herlings sat out Moto 2 and the following weekend’s race. Then, amazingly, Jeffery was able to recover and solider on to eventually win the 2021 MXGP title.

Now, after winning a pre-season training race in Spain, Jeffery is once again dealing with an injury that will affect the beginning of his 2022 MXGP season, whether he tries to race through the pain or not.

First Yamaha victory for Tomac to increase 450SX lead

Craig back on top to extend 250SX advantage at Anaheim 2.

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Eli Tomac has become the fourth different winner in as many rounds of 2022 Monster Energy Supercross, stepping up at Anaheim 2 to increase his lead in the 450SX point-standings as Christian Craig won in 250SX West.

After taking over the red plate last weekend despite having no wins, Tomac cemented himself atop the standings by earning a first victory since making his high-profile switch to Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha in the pre-season.

Early leader Ken Roczen (Team Honda HRC) went down by virtue of unintentional contact made by Jason Anderson (Monster Energy Kawasaki) in the sand with around 15 minutes remaining, dropping him well down the order, which enabled the latter to take over at the front until he made a mistake soon afterwards.

While Anderson was able to keep it on track, his error was enough to let Tomac sweep by and he wasn’t headed from there – winning by 4.619s in a dominant performance to become the fourth different winner in four races.

Behind him, Anderson recovered for the runner-up, with Chase Sexton (Team Honda HRC) claiming another podium result in third position. Tomac’s teammate Dylan Ferrandis was strong yet again in fourth, while Malcolm Stewart (Rockstar Energy Husqvarna) took fifth after he managed to start up front this time around.

The top 10 also featured Marvin Musquin (Red Bull KTM), Justin Barcia (TLD Red Bull GasGas), defending champion Cooper Webb (Red Bull KTM) despite losing the front-end midway through, Dean Wilson (Rockstar Energy Husqvarna) and Shane McElrath (Rocky Mountain ATV/MC KTM WPS) in one of his better rides of the year to date.

Roczen, meanwhile, finished down the order in 13th place with another dent in his title prospects. Also enduring a tough main event, Plessinger crashed out on the second lap, with Brayton also later going out after he went down while in 11th position.

The 2022 Monster Energy Supercross series now sees Tomac build a six-point buffer at the front, followed by Sexton, with Anderson ranked third ahead of Glendale’s first of the Triple Crown rounds next Saturday night.

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Points-leader Craig extended with a third 250SX class win of the season at A2, stamping his authority on the series in convincing fashion.

There was no stopping Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha’s Craig on his way to a third victory in four races, overcoming longtime leader Michael Mosiman (TLD Red Bull GasGas) to stand atop the podium.

It was Vince Friese (Smartop Bullfrog Spas MCR Honda) who led initially before Mosiman made his way by, with Craig giving chase from outside of the podium positions. The red plate-holder made his way into P2 by lap four and then made a move stick on Mosiman on lap 10, stretching away from there to win by 2.948s.

Mosiman wasn’t quite at the level of Craig on his way to the runner-up, while behind them, Lawrence made it four-straight podiums in third tonight, but only after Friese crashed in the whoops with two laps to run and was struck by Jo Shimoda, who also went down.

Unfortunately for Friese, he wasn’t able to remount after showing genuine pace throughout the round, while Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Shimoda – again affected on a luckless evening – managed his way back to seventh position.

With Lawrence salvaging third, fourth came Nate Thrasher (Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha), comfortably ahead of the improving Jalek Swoll (Rockstar Energy Husqvarna) and Carson Brown (AEO Powersports KTM) starred in claiming sixth ahead of Shimoda.

The top 10 was completed by Carson Mumford (BarX Suzuki) over Robbie Wageman (Team Solitaire Nuclear Blast Yamaha) and Derek Kelley (AEO Powersports KTM).

Craig maintains the lead in the 250SX West point-standings, now by 11 points over Lawrence, with Mosiman a further three in arrears entering the Glendale Triple Crown next Saturday night.

Eli Takes A2

Eli's back with help from Works Connection. Look close at the fork and you will see one of the reasons for Eli's improved starts. Better starts means he's on the top step.

Christian Craig Has Huge Crash at Anaheim 2 Press Day...He's OK

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.

2022 Yamaha Presents: Beyond the Gate Ep. 2

 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.