Red Bull/KTM Race Report - Oakland SX‏ Class

Short
Earns 9^th
at Oakland Supercross

Red
Bull/KTM rider Andrew Short earned his fourth consecutive top ten
finish with a 9^th
place result at round four of the AMA Supercross Series held in
Oakland, CA.

The
threat of rain lingered around all day and eventually made its way to
the Oakland Coliseum as night began to fall. As Short lined up for
his heat, the rain had seized for a moment giving the crowd a perfect
view of Short as he pinned it down the start straight to come out 2^nd
off the gate in his heat race.

Short
rode inside the top three for the first half of the race before
dropping a few positions in the final laps. He eventually crossed the
finish line in 6^th
position to put his KTM 350 SX-F in the main event.

The
weather continued to get worse making the track tougher for the
riders to tackle. The big whoop section got worse, the ruts got
deeper and the top layer got slicker as the riders lined up for the
start of the main.

Unfortunately,
Short did not have the same start in the main as he had achieved in
his heat. He came around the first corner in 18^th.
By the end of the first lap he had passed a couple riders and had
moved into 16^th.
Short never got discouraged and continued to push throughout the
entire main event. Around the halfway point, he turned on the gas
while other riders were fading. He broke into the top fifteen and
began to pick off riders. With only three laps to go he had moved
into the top ten and was closing in on the 9^th
place ride of Ivan Tedesco. As the two riders crossed the finish line
jump on lap eighteen, Short was able to sneak by Tedesco and steal
the position. Short continued to pull ahead of Tedesco and went on to
finish 9^th
overall.

“I’m
definitely disappointed in my end result tonight. I had a terrible
start and it took me a while to get going. Once I was moving, I felt
good and my fitness helped me close in on some riders at the end of
the race. I am glad I was able to gain some valuable positions at the
end but there are definitely some areas I need to improve on and I
will continue to work hard and progress as much as I can,” remarked
Short.

Overall
Results Supercross Class –

1. 
   

   James
   Stewart
   

   
   


2. 
   

   Chad
   Reed
   

   
   


3. 
   

   Ryan
   Dungey
   

   
   


4. 
   

   Ryan
   Villopoto
   

   
   


5. 
   

   Brett
   Metcalfe

   
   


6. 
   

   Trey
   Canard
   

   
   


7. 
   

   Kevin
   Windham

   
   


8. 
   

   Davi
   Millsaps

   
   

9. 
   

   Andrew
   Short – KTM
   

   
   


10. 
    

    Ivan
    Tedesco
    

    
    

Overall
Point Standings Supercross Class –

1. 
   

   James
   Stewart – 92

   
   


2. 
   

   Ryan
   Villopoto – 90
   

   
   


3. 
   

   Ryan
   Dungey – 78
   

   
   


4. 
   

   Trey
   Canard – 71
   

   
   


5. 
   

   Chad
   Reed – 70
   

   
   


6. 
   

   Brett
   Metcalfe – 55
   

   
   


7. 
   

   Andrew
   Short – 49
   

   
   


8. 
   

   Kevin
   Windham – 46
   

   
   


9. 
   

   Justin
   Brayton – 39
   

   
   


10. 
    

    Kyle
    Chisholm – 39