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Posted by Staff
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Thursday, 07 February 2008 |
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Cernics
Kawasaki Makes Fourth Main Event Appearance
The team also launches a new website
for team updates and information at www.cernicskawasaki.com
Riverside,
CA, (Feb. 5, 2008) –
Cernic’s Kawasaki rider Jeff Gibson secured another top twenty finish at round
five of the 2008 Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship. A crowd of 43,785 fans watched the Cernics
Kawasaki rider qualify and compete in the main event held at Anaheim’s Angel
Stadium. Gibson has qualified in four
out of five main events this season and is currently 22nd in
points.
Gibson’s heat race
went well as the Blacklick, Ohio rider got a good start in the top five. He battled throughout the race to secure a
fourth place finish and transferred directly to the main event. Teammate Kyle Mace continues to struggle in
his heat race and did not qualify.
However, Mace grabbed the holeshot in the Last Chance Qualifier and was
in qualifying position until the last lap of the race. He went on to finish third and missed the
main event by one position to received the Racer X Gas Card award.
Once again, the
premier Supercross Class was stacked with the world’s best supercross riders and
Jeff Gibson qualified as one of the fastest riders. Gibson’s great gate pick did not translate
into a good start as Gibson came out of the first turn near the back of the
pack. Gibson rode well enough to move
into a battle for a top ten finish but a small mistake led to a fall. Once again he found himself near the back and
eventually finished in seventeenth position.
“I thought I rode
really well in my heat race and felt very good going into the main,” explained
Gibson. “The bottom line is that I just
didn’t get a good start in the main event.
I had to battle and I put myself in a great position to finish in the top
ten but I just made a slight mistake that cost me.”
The Cernics Kawasaki Racing Team will travel to Qualcomm
Stadium in San Diego, CA next week for round six of the Monster Energy Supercross, an FIM
Championship on February 9,
2008.
Visit www.cernicskawasaki.com for team
news and updates.
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