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Pro Circuit Anaheim 3 Race Report
CORONA, Calif., (Feb. 9, 2009) – Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki’s Jake Weimer won his second-straight WSX Lites main event, this past weekend topping teammate Ryan Morais and KTM’s Justin Brayton in an exciting back-and-forth final that went right down to the last corner to decide the victor at the third and final installment of the Anaheim (Calif.) supercross trilogy, round six of Monster Energy AMA Supercross, and FIM World Championship.
With the win Weimer, who was trailing the overall WSX title chase by four points heading into Anaheim 3, has wrestled the point lead away from rival Ryan Dungey. As it stands, after five rounds of WSX action, Weimer leads Dungey by three points, 113-110, for the overall title with Morais close by in 3rd place overall (102 points).
Both Weimer and Morais wound up in the second heat race and easily transferred to the main in the soft conditions at Angel Stadium, finishing 1-2, respectively. Then when the gate dropped on the main, track conditions had worsened a bit due to the rain. Both Weimer and Morais played it fast and smart on the start, coming out up front while Dungey hit the deck while trying to squeeze through a tight inside line.
By the end if the first lap Weimer and Morais were 2-3 behind then-leader Brayton – and closing. The normally wide-open Anaheim track became pretty much one-lined and deferring would put you out in the slick stuff where traction became chancy at best. Roughly through the midway point of the 15-lap contest Weimer and Brayton would go toe-to-toe in one of the better WSX battles of the season, with Weimer making the lead stick for good by lap nine. But the checkers would not be a formality at that point as Morais put on a spectacular bid for Weimer’s top spot with a last-turn blitz that will no doubt end up on the season-ending highlight film.
“I got stuck behind a lapper and just had to go for it and tripled into the last turn and landed on the Tuff Blocks,” said Morais of his bid for the win.
Weimer played it cool, though, and blasted through the checkers, igniting the 1st place flames from atop the giant Monster Energy cans that flank the finish line.
“The track was not real, real muddy, but real difficult,” said Weimer of the conditions. “You had to keep an open mind.” And when asked of his new hold on the WSX points lead, Weimer added: “We’re at the halfway point, so this was important. But there’s a lot of racing left.”
Joining Monster Energy in sponsoring the Pro Circuit/Kawasaki squad for 2009 are: Thor, Terminal Velocity Processing, Parts Unlimited, Vans, Scott, Maxima, Asterisk, N-Style, Alpinestars, NGK, PPG, DP, JE Pistons, Mechanix, RK, Renthal, Twin Air, VP, Bridgestone, Braking, Excel, Troy Lee Designs, Hinson, Athena, Ogio, Showa, Sunline, CMI, UFO, BH Bikes and WRP.
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