Anaheim, CA - January 23rd, 2010 - Round three of the 2010 AMA Supercross series made its way back to California by once again visiting Angel Stadium. After multiple torrential rain storms throughout the week leading up to the race, Saturday's weather turned out to be perfect and any possible forecasts of rain ended up to be untrue as it held off luckily. To the surprise of everyone, track conditions were uncompromised to say to say the least and the action turned out to be thrilling. DNA Shred Stix/Star Racing/Yamaha's west coast squad comprised of #20, Broc Tickle and newcomer to professional Supercross #48, Max Anstie took to the track in timed qualifying confidently, setting the 5th and 9th fastest times.
Heat #2 had both Tickle and Anstie lined up, getting out of the gate in good fashion would be Tickle who held down 2nd. Anstie was closed out coming into the first turn, and in the early laps he made some smart moves to insure the netting of a transfer position. The consistent, but still aggressive riding of Tickle saw him take his Yamaha to a solid 2nd place finish, and only a second off of the championship leader at the end of six laps. Anstie kept his cool and pushed the limits against the veterans as he worked his way up through the field. Holding down the 5th spot with a couple of laps left, the young Englishmen was still hard at work. In doing so, the rookie took a hold of 4th before the qualifier closed out and secured himself in the main event.
Main Event time was exciting right away; Tickle put together a good start and was in the mix of the top five. Unfortunately, early on the first lap he lost some traction and hit the ground. He was able to remount, however it was in a distant 20th. Starting around fifteenth, Anstie's first laps were spent making moves, and inside of three laps he held down the 9th spot. At halfway both teammates were moving forward, Anstie found his way to 7th, setting some of his best lap times and continued with a calculated performance. Tickle was putting on a great comeback by this point, sitting 11th he could see that a top ten was feasible. On lap thirteen, Max had reeled in and passed for 6th, and also was looking at an outside shot of obtaining 5th. But a lapper caused one slight bobble when he mistimed a rhythm section, taking some wind out of Max's sails. Slipping back into 7th, Anstie regained his form and went on to finish just outside the top five in only his third Supercross race. Tickle would continue to soldier on right until the checkers, and mustered up a finish of 10th.
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