Supercross: Malcolm Stewart Takes Over In Detroit 250SX East
| March 19, 2016
Coming into the Detroit round of the 250cc Eastern Regional Supercross Series, Yamalube/Star Racing Yamaha’s Jeremy Martin led the points by a scant two over Troy Lee Designs/Red Bull KTM’s Justin Hill, while GEICO Honda’s Malcolm Stewart sat 10 points behind Martin.
Things began shaking up early in Detroit, where a big fall in the rhythm lane in the final timed qualifying practice left Hill with a concussion and unable to race. In the main event, things got shaken up even more, as Martin tangled with Rockstar Energy Husqvarna’s Martin Davalos off the start, and although Davalos didn’t go down, he was halted momentarily, but Martin and Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Tyler Bowers both hit the dirt while Bowers’ teammate Arnaud Tonus took the early lead over Martin’s teammate Aaron Plessinger, and Stewart.
Stewart made quick work of the front two to take the lead, and then Tonus went down hard in the whoops while running second, knocking him out of the race.
Martin also went down a second time on the fifth lap and had to pit for his team to straighten out the front end of his YZ250F. He rejoined nearly dead last and recovered for 13th.
But the race belonged to Stewart, who took a seemingly easy victory over Plessinger, with Hill’s teammate Shane McElrath taking third.
With Hill dropping out of the event, and Martin finishing 13th, Stewart now leads the points standings by seven as the series goes on hiatus for a week while the West racers take on Santa Clara.
STEVE COX
Eastern Regional 250SX Class Results
- Malcolm Stewart (Honda)
- Aaron Plessinger (Yamaha)
- Shane McElrath (KTM)
- Tyler Bowers (Kawasaki)
- Martin Davalos (Husqvarna)
- Gannon Audette (Kawasaki)
- RJ Hampshire (Honda)
- Paul Coates (Honda)
- Cedric Soubeyras (Kawasaki)
- Jesse Wentland (Honda)
Eastern Regional 250SX Class Championship Standings
- Malcolm Stewart (80)
- Jeremy Martin (73)
- Aaron Plessinger (67)
- Justin Hill (63)
- Martin Davalos (61)
- Tyler Bowers (53)
- RJ Hampshire (44)
- Matt Bisceglia (41)
- Jesse Wentland (41)
- Gannon Audette (41)