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Post-race at Angel Stadium, Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Jason Anderson has elaborated on the drama from last week surrounding the incident with Justin Barcia in San Diego and social media activity there afterwards.

Anderson made a move up the inside of Barcia during the closing stages of 450SX heat one at Snapdragon Stadium, taking out the TLD Red Bull GasGas rider’s front wheel which brought the number 51 down.

Shortly after the outing, the Monster Energy Kawasaki rider tweeted: “Lol, Barcia complaining about my move… neither of us have room to talk. But especially him. That b***h can give it, but cries and can’t take it.”

Barcia responded in the post-race press conference at San Diego and stated that he ‘didn’t complain at all’. Anderson’s tweet has since been removed, and the number 21 provided further insight into the aftermath of the incident following the Anaheim 2’s Triple Crown.

“Yeah I mean it is something that is…yeah it’s just whatever,” Anderson explained. “Obviously you know I did tweet that then the AMA came over and asked me to take it down, and that was kind of surprising to me.

“So it’s just whatever, at that point I was like I have got to focus on this main event and everything like that, so at the end of the day both of us race pretty hard and I don’t think either of us had room to complain about any of that stuff that goes on.

“But for me I am just trying to move forward, trying to be the best me and just try and race, whatever happens, happens. But I just want to keep grinding and you know obviously for us, we have to leave that stuff behind us to be successful and look forward. That’s just a part of the mental game that we have to deal with as our career goes on.

“I guess it was a little entertainment for you guys but for us we are working hard and just trying our best to be the best us. Sometimes it gets heated, and we definitely take stuff personal every time out there on the track because there is a lot at stake.”

After an arguably mediocre start to 2023 Supercross, Anderson was able to deliver his strongest outing of the season to date in Anaheim 2’s Triple Crown, notching 5-1-3 results for second overall in what was a dramatic event. It was an important result for the number 21 after making mistakes at key moments throughout the Anaheim 1 and San Diego rounds.

“Once you have a little history of making mistakes, you know the last couple of rounds, it really is tough fo you to be upfront and have you know opportunity and not think about that,” Anderson added.

“For me my goal was just obviously to get on the box tonight, but to win you really have to be pushing it the whole time. I was excited to get that win in the second one, I was excited to put myself in a good position in the third one and I’m excited to start moving from here and see if we can keep improving everything and not make mistakes, but at the same time we have to keep pushing. These guys are all starting up front right now, and we gotta not let them have it that easy.”

Following 7-7-2 finishes to start the season, Anderson is fifth in the 450SX standings as the Monster Energy Supercross Championship moves to Houston this Saturday for the first of the East coast races in 2023.