They have had their issues in the past but Jason Anderson said it was fun to battle the at the front at Anaheim two, that saw a careful Jett, not wanting feel the wrath of an angry Anderson, take his time to put a clean pass on the Kawasaki star for the win with Anderson eventually losing second to Roczen but holding off Sexton for third despite still feeling the effects of an illness.
Anderson said of the battle:
“Yeah, it was good. Like I said, I even told Jett after the race, I was like, I’ll talk crap off the track, but when we’re in those battles, I think it’s, it’s really cool, I’m gonna keep it real, you know. He always has raced me really well and yeah, he got the better of me, but it was fun racing and being able to do that upfront is cool for all of us.”
And Jett even enjoyed the battle too!
“I love racing when it’s close and Jason’s really good at defending, you know, like, going like across and staying low on the berm where I couldn’t do anything. Like, it’s fun racing and it’s learning for me.”
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But Anderson admitted it was tough to lead for so long under so much pressure:
“Yeah, I think it’s always tough when you’re leading because you’re trying to figure out what they’re doing behind you, but to be honest, I think the best thing you could do is just try and hear where they’re louder, and then try and figure out, try and look. But it’s really tough because you kind of wanna stay in your line that is working and, and especially that is comfortable because that rain really made the track super slick”.
“I knew I was really good in the whoops, and I just tried to just keep doing my thing. And for me, being as sick as I was last weekend, and then this week, it’s crazy, kind of feels like it’s still lingering, but happy to be strong for the most of the main and lead some laps and it’s a step in the right direction.”
