Round 8 of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship thrilled with the second of two rounds inside Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida with Red Bull KTM's Cooper Webb taking the 450SX Class win to the cheers of the in-person pod-style-seated fans.
Webb's charge from eighth at the holeshot stripe to leading the race in less than nine minutes demonstrated the speed and aggression of which he's capable. It was Monster Energy Kawasaki's
Adam Cianciarulo who lead the race early before Webb quickly moved his way through the field passing both Troy Lee Designs GAGGAS factory racings
Justin Barcia and his own RedBull KTM team-mate
Marvin Musquin in order to take the battle to Cianciarulo.
Cianciarulo who had opened up a four-second lead, was no match for his long time rival, with Webb making the move to the lead and establishing a comfortable gap, while things once again took a turn for the worse for the second-place Kawasaki rider, with Cianciarulo crashing heavily in the whoops and putting an end to his night and in the process gifted second place to Musquin.
Behind Musquin a race-long battle developed between Barcia, Monster Energy Kawasaki's
Eli Tomac and current points leader
Ken Roczen aboard his Factory HRC Honda who made light work of the field after rounding the opening turn way back in 17th position.
Roczen made his way by Tomac on numerous occasions but could not make the move stick, but with just over four minutes remaining, Tomac was momentarily held up by a lapped rider, allowing Roczen to pounce and move into 4th position.
Rockstar Husqvarna's
Jason Anderson who earlier in the night won his first heat race for the season like Roczen started the race at the rear of the field, but in some re-found form, Anderson was able to follow Roczen's path through the field and also made a late-race pass on Tomac to move into 5th position.
Out front, Webb cruised to the win ahead of team-mate Musquin, with Barcia holding off Roczen over the final two laps to claim the final spot on the podium. The win also moved Webb to six points behind championship leader Roczen, halving the points gap heading into next weekend's break.
‰ÛÏThis one is huge, back-to-back wins is amazing!" Webb exclaimed. "It was a great race battling with AC [Cianciarulo] and great points for tonight.
"Marvin was riding great. I knew he was coming there at the end and I know how strong he is because we ride and train together every day. I felt like start to finish I was in my comfort zone just clicking laps away and it felt really good. KTM going one and two is incredible, this is an awesome feeling.‰Û
