Adam Cianciarulo on his crash and injury at Houston 2
By Team TMX on 21st Jan 21
AMA Supercross Adam Cianciarulo Houston
For Adam Cianciarulo at Round 2 of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, the day started similar to the first seven rounds of his impressive rookie season last year by setting the fastest qualifying time in the 450SX class.
As the gate dropped in Houston, the #9 KX450 of Cianciarulo rocketed out the gate to a second-place start, but a jam-up in the first turn shuffled him back to fifth place.
As the heat race progressed, team-mate Eli Tomac and Cianciarulo would battle one another for third and fourth place, until Cianciarulo decided to uncork a massive jump, clearing a quad at the end of the second rhythm lane to pass Tomac which is where they would ultimately finish, qualifying into the main event.
As the gate dropped on the 450SX Main Event, Cianciarulo once again launched his KX450 out in the front of the pack setting a blistering pace with the leader, Chase Sexton.
and I had a hot pace going in those opening laps, but I made a slight mistake in the sand sweeper and the rest was history.
"I hit my hand that I got worked on during the off-season pretty good which made it hard to be aggressive the rest of the race and I just knew I needed to manage. Well take the extra couple of days to rest to be ready to go on Saturday."
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