February 10, 2018 Petco Park
San Diego, CA
In the 250 main, Adam Cianciarulo took the early lead and held on for quite awhile with Justin Hill keeping him close. Points leader Aaron Plessinger had a bad start and had to work his way up to 5th. With about 4 minutes left, Plessinger crashed and fell back in the pack, while Hill made a move on Cianciarulo to take the lead. After battling with Cianciarulo for a couple laps, Hill pulled away for the win.
Plessinger was penalized one position for cutting a corner after a crash.
Cole Seely took the early lead in the 450 main, with Chad Reed coming up in second. But Reed couldn’t stay with the leaders and drifted back. Jason Anderson moved into second place early on. Eli Tomac and Ken Roczen were involved in a first turn pileup, with Tomac having to drop out of the race. Roczen kept moving but got involved in a collision with Cooper Webb later that took him out of the race.
Anderson finally got past Seely with about 9 minutes left in the race and cruised to the win. Seely lost another spot to Marvin Musquin with about 3 minutes left.
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