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The Southwick assault of hard-charging Jason Anderson was limited by another first-turn pile-up in moto one, leaving the Monster Energy Kawasaki rider to claw his way back from a lowly P33 and drained entering the second race.

Anderson showed great pace in qualifying at round six of Lucas Oil Pro Motocross to secure third gate pick but was left with a mountain of work to do after a disastrous turn one in the opening race.

“I felt like I had the speed to be up near the front today,” Anderson explained. “My Kawasaki KX450SR was hooking up great during qualifying and gave me a ton of confidence heading into moto one. Unfortunately, I got caught up in a first-turn pile-up and fought back from 33rd place up to eighth.

“I got a much better start in the second moto but I was spent after having to fight so hard in moto one that I had to ride smart and manage a sixth-place finish. Overall, I think we still had some positives come out from today.”

The number 21 ultimately finished P8 overall on the day, with Southwick the second consecutive round Anderson was involved in a first corner crash after being limited by a moto one pile-up at RedBud also. He is fourth in the 450MX standings entering round seven this Saturday in Millville.