"How Was Your Weekend" post-race interviews with 250 class riders Michael Mosiman, Cameron Mcadoo, Dylan Ferrandis, Colt Nichols, Jacob Hayes, and Adam Cianciarulo following the 2019 Oakland Supercross, round four of the 2019 Monster Energy Supercross Series.
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00:00How was my weekend?
00:05Well one, I still have Sunday to go, so my weekend's not entirely over.
00:09But um, man the weekend was just alright man, just alright.
00:15Ended the night with a 7th, which unfortunately is my Supercross best finish, but man I want
00:24more.
00:25But yeah, practice today, 2nd practice was probably my best and kind of got into a little
00:31groove and we had the Dartfish, I had a really good lap going but just missed up the last
00:36section.
00:37So all day kind of just alright, I gotta figure out my whoops, hey how are you?
00:44And uh, yeah I gotta figure out my whoops a little bit, and really just learning.
00:50But I kind of want it to just click you know, and I know what I'm capable of, I know I can
00:54run up there with those guys, it's just a matter of getting there, and the steps are
00:59smaller than I'd like right now, but so far just progressing through the whole year.
01:03So yeah, weekend was alright, started out in the main terrible start, but man really
01:11just made some good moves at the beginning and was racy.
01:15So that was cool, man I came up on Shane, like almost made a pass on him, and so yeah
01:21it just felt good, felt good, and then I think I got into it a little bit with McAdoo,
01:28passed him, and then he stuffed me pretty good, and then because he stuffed me he missed
01:35the rhythm, and then Hayes gets by, and we were just fighting, so lost some steam in
01:41the mid part of the race, but gained it back at the end.
01:46That's about how my weekend was, there you go Transworld MX.
01:50Yeah, it was a good night, definitely a really big positive step in the right direction,
01:54led every lap but the last of the heat race, and kind of let that slip away, so I was happy
02:00about it, but bummed at the same time that I let that go, and then got up front in the
02:05main event, and ran with those guys for 5 or 6 laps, and tightened up a little bit running
02:11that pace, and ended up 6th, so last weekend was my career best at 6th, and then I matched
02:18it this weekend, so hopefully getting that top 5 next weekend, and just keep building
02:22each weekend.
02:23It was a good day of racing, felt good in practice, faster every time, so it was good,
02:31and the track was technical, I really liked the layout, and the two-whoop section was
02:38gnarly, and I felt good all day in the whoops, and yeah, make a good pass, and have a good
02:46speed in the whoops, so it was really cool, and it was a good feeling, and yeah, win my
02:52first heat race of the season, so finally, and yeah, main event, a bad start, and losing
02:57a lot of time to pass, to get back to the front, and some losing energy or so, because
03:03yeah, it was tough, the track was really tough, and I passed my main rivals, like I say, clean,
03:12and so it was good, you know, when the guys are in front of you in championship, and you
03:17pass them, it's a cool feeling, so I was happy, and I tried to get back to Shin-Shirobu, but
03:23I was a little bit far, and I made a small mistake two laps before the end, and it cost
03:28me a few seconds, one, two seconds, and just before the last lap, Adam made a big mistake,
03:34and I was behind him, and I was just not enough close to try to pass him, so a little bit
03:42frustrating, but I mean, when I see the beginning of my main, where I was, it's cool to finish
03:50second, and to get some points for the championship.
03:53It wasn't too bad, practice was a little shaky, I think I qualified 7th, so that was sick,
03:59and pulled it together for the night program though, I got off to a good start in the heat
04:03race, solid right behind Dylan, and the main event was good, I just am a little bummed
04:10about it, I mean, you can't be bummed about being third, but it's just the idea of being
04:14that close to AC, and just not quite making it stick, I think I was trying to just be
04:18a little too patient, and I didn't realize Dylan was that close, he came in on me, we
04:22kind of bumped, and that cost us both a little bit of time to AC, and yeah, after that I
04:26just couldn't really get going again to kind of catch those guys, but overall, I'm happy,
04:31moving on to SD, and try to get us a win there.
04:34Yeah, it was good for me, last weekend I got 7th in the triple crown, and it was my best
04:38finish, but just not satisfied, moving into this week, I knew what I needed to work on
04:43during the week, and I felt like we worked on some things on the bike that I felt needed
04:48to be addressed, and we got it better, and then today, in qualifying, that last one,
04:54I battled for the board, I was 4th, 5th, back to 4th, and then overall qualified 5th, which
04:59is my best qualifying so far, I've been normally in the 7th, 8th range, so just bringing that
05:04aggression into the night show, had a good heat race, not anything crazy, just kind of
05:09quiet 3rd, and then came in the main event, I knew the track was going to be ruddy, which
05:15kind of suits me, I'm an east coast guy, it was a little bit tighter tonight, which I
05:18liked, the whoops, gosh, I mean I know everyone said it, but they were brutal, I rolled them
05:25in the sight lap, I'm like wow, we've got to do 15 plus 1 on these puppies, so here
05:29we go, and just, I'm not a jumper, so I knew if I could get 15 solid minutes through those
05:36things skimming, I knew I wasn't going to be the fastest, but if I could do it consistent
05:40every lap, I knew that would work out for me, and got a good start, and then RJ went
05:45down somewhere around the first lap, and I got hung up on his bike, but then I snuck
05:50around the top of the berm, and like 3 guys got me on the inside, and I wouldn't say that
05:55bombed me out, but it definitely hurt the confidence a little bit, I'm like dang it,
05:58I just had a good start, and let some guys sneak away from me, but put my head down and
06:03got Moseman, and then I saw McAdoo, and the mechanic was like P6, and I'm like no, that's
06:07not good enough, we've got to get that 5th, so, you know, grateful for this opportunity,
06:13it was my best finish, 5th, the Cycle Trader Rock River Yamaha team has given me an unbelievable
06:20opportunity, but 5th is great, it's my best finish, but I'm not satisfied, those front
06:26runners are still a good ways up there, and that's where I want to be, and that's what
06:30I've got to get to work.
06:32Yeah, do you, how do you feel like jumping in with all these guys this year, right, like
06:37do you feel like you're getting your position, your foothold, do you know what I mean?
06:41The first round in practice, I think I got bumped around more in practice than I had
06:46in my whole arena cross career, I don't know if it was the 3 digit number just magnifying
06:49everyone like dude, get out of the way, but yeah, I'm definitely establishing my position,
06:55you know, no I haven't been fighting for the podium, but I've been fighting for that
06:59top 5, you know, ever since, Glendale, you know, Anaheim, and then this weekend here
07:05in Oakland, got the 5th, so, yeah, I'm sticking the bike up there and having some fun with
07:09it.
07:10The weekend was solid, well actually the weekend was kind of shit in the beginning, I felt
07:15terrible in practice all day, and man I was slow, I was trying to go fast, I was like
07:204th, and notoriously for me, when I start the day bad, like all my wins for example,
07:27the day starts great, and it stays great all day, like I'm fast in practice, vibing with
07:30the track, this and that, like we made some changes on the bike, I felt terrible all day
07:35long pretty much until the night show, which I felt pretty good, I got a bad start in heat,
07:39but I was really proud that we were able to kind of turn it around and pull out the start
07:43which was pretty clutch, and then just grind it out, it was a tough track, wasn't going
07:47to look too pretty out there, so I'm happy we were able to get a win in a different way,
07:53so stoked man.