Monster Energy® AMA Supercross Championship
Salt Lake City, UT
Salt Lake City SX
MONSTER ENERGY® PRO CIRCUIT KAWASAKI RIDER SETH HAMMAKER FINISHES SECOND IN THE EASTERN DIVISION 250SX CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP
Round 17 of the Monster Energy® AMA Supercross Championship featured the final East/West Showdown of the season in Salt Lake City. After a demanding season, Monster Energy® Pro Circuit Kawasaki rider Seth Hammaker ended the series with an emotional fourth-place finish and claimed second in the Eastern Divisional 250SX Class standings. Teammate Garrett Marchbanks finished a consistent season with a seventh-place finish, and Drew Adams ended his rookie supercross season with a 10th-place result.
Salt Lake City SX Results
Seth Hammaker
“It was a great season, coming up a little short on this one is a bummer when you get that close. It was a crazy race. I got off to a decent start, but it was chaos from there. I got around Tom [Vialle]. I had a faster pace than him at the beginning and then I got around Juju [Beaumer], but then he ran it in on me. He was doing teammate things for Tom and I wasn’t expecting it. I shouldn’t have left the door open. Then RJ [Hampshire] was coming in hot in that corner before the finish line and took us both down and I tried to fight all the way till the end to get Tom and I got close, but second place is going to have to do this season. I want to give a big shout-out to everyone. I really wanted to get this one done for the whole Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki team including Mitch [Payton], but I’ll be back. I want to thank the whole Dog Pound crew, with Michael Byrne really helping me out this year. I am going to work hard for outdoors and keep this season of building going, and congrats to Tom.”
Garrett Marchbanks
“Today was alright, I went into free practice and had a solid session with a P4 result. All around qualifying was a little rough this weekend. I was having a hard time gelling with the track like I was in Denver. We made some suspension tweaks throughout the day that really helped going into the heat race. I was P5 going into the heat and got off to an OK start. In turn two I had a guy cross into me and land on my shoulder and back, so I went down and came from dead last to eighth. That was not the best feeling ever, but I went into the Main Event feeling comfortable, I tried to get the best start I could from the inside, but it just didn’t work out how I wanted it to. I got pinched off and was way back in the pack. Once again, I tried to make my way up as far as I could, and I got to P7. It was just one of those nights I couldn’t get a start or put it together, but the team worked really hard this week. The speed is there, everything is there, we’re just missing starts again.”
Drew Adams
“I just finished up at the last round in Salt Lake City and it was a pretty good day. My results got better every time I was on the track, and I had a really good qualifying session, the Heat Race was really solid and in the Main Event I just really need to work on my starts. That’s the biggest thing that’s holding me back right now. I faded back a little bit at the start of the Main Event and I made a couple passes ending up P10 on the night. I’m pretty happy with it, but I am looking forward to outdoors.”
