PHOTOGRAPHY BY SIMON CUDBY
With the 250 West Supercross Championship clinched last weekend, Star Racing Yamaha’s Cooper Webb didn’t need to win—but he won anyways. Despite being caught up in the first turn melee (that caught many riders out) the North Carolina native took the lead with seven laps to go from Josh Hansen to keep his win streak alive.
“It was a wild race for sure with everybody going down at the start,” Webb said. “I just went out there did my thing put my head down got into the lead, just road my own race, knew I had it; finished it up.”
Red Bull KTM’s Justin Hill also overcame the first-turn setback to finish second ahead of Alex Martin. As did GEICO Honda’s Malcolm Stewart, who got pushed off track and into a tough block on the start, but worked his way back up to fourth.
Troy Lee Designs Shane McElrath was fifth ahead of Jackson Richardson on a Honda.
Webb’s rookie teammate Aaron Plessinger was in the hunt early on but suffered a couple of crashes that dropped him back to seventh. Stewart’s teammate Matt Bisceglia was eighth ahead of Tommy Hahn on a Yamaha. Rounding out top 10 was Scott Chmapion also on a Yamaha.
2015 Santa Clara 250 West Supercross Results
1. Cooper Webb (Yamaha)
2. Justin Hill (KTM)
3. Alex Martin (Yamaha)
4. Malcolm Stewart (Honda)
5. Shane McElrath (KTM)
6. Jackson Richardson (Honda)
7. Aaron Plessinger (Yamaha)
8. Matt Bisceglia (Honda)
9. Tommy Hahn (Yamaha)
10. Scott Champion (Yamaha)
