For now, it appears that FOX Sports will replace Gordon with a series of guest analysts during their portion of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series schedule. There is no word as to who else will see time in the broadcast booth this season. Once our aforementioned hosting migration is complete, we will talk a little about that in an edition of Couch Potato
Tuesday.
- Saturday night saw Honda's Chase Sexton pass Marvin Musquin three minutes into the 450cc main at PETCO Park. From there, he pulled away from the pack. Jason Anderson was running him down late until his bike suffered a mechanical failure that forced him to limp it to the finish. With Anderson's problems, Sexton was able to hold on to take his first
career 450cc Supercross victory. Sexton's margin of victory was 6.001 seconds over Eli Tomac. Dylan Ferrandis was third, then Cooper Webb and Malcolm Stewart.
Points leader Justin Barcia got in a significant spat during the main with Justin Bogle. The two riders made contact early, resulting in Bogle crashing. After losing a lap trying to deal with the pain, Bogle continued and eventually retaliated against Barcia.
After the race, AMA officials assessed Barcia a one-place penalty for his initial contact, dropping him to ninth. Bogle was disqualified for his retaliation.
With his second-place finish, Tomac takes over the points lead by just one over Sexton and Webb. Barcia drops to fourth, just three points behind Tomac, while Anderson is fifth.
The 250cc West main started with a big pile-up that involved points leader Christian Craig, Jo Shimoda and a number of others. That dropped Craig, who was fastest in practice, qualifying and won his heat, to the rear of the field.
GASGAS' Michael Mosiman took the holeshot and spent nearly the entire race battling with Hunter Lawrence. Lawrence ended up crashing with four minutes, but managed to get all the way back to Mosiman by the final lap. Despite pressure from Lawrence, Mosiman held on to take his first 250cc Supercross win. Lawrence was second, while Craig recovered all
the way to third after his crash, despite being 26 seconds behind at the finish. Vince Friese was fourth, while Shimoda made his own recovery ride to fifth.
In the 250cc West points, Craig's recovery ride allows him to keep a six-point lead over Lawrence. Mosiman is third, then Friese and Shimoda.
- Saturday saw IMSA Prototype Challenge teams compete in their season opener, a three-hour event held in changeable conditions. JDC-Miller MotorSports' Memo Gidley started on pole and led handily in the wet early on. Gidley eventually handed over to debutant Alexander Koreiba, who impressed on a semi-dry track with slicks. He eventually lapped up to
third overall before a caution threw the race upside down.
The rain eventually returned late, which allowed the veteran Tonis Kasemets to run Koreiba down and take the lead with 15 minutes to go. From there, Kasemets held on to take the win for himself and teammate Bruce Hamilton. US RaceTronics' Patrick Kujala and Brian Thienes finished second, 3.928 seconds back. Gidley and Koreiba ended up
third.
- The Sunshine Nationals, a scheduled three-night season opener for the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, ended up being a bit of a nightmare. Cold weather led to ruts and potholes opening up at Volusia Speedway Park, leading to a series of crashes.
Thursday night's card ran up against a time limit, resulting in the opening features being held Friday afternoon. Veteran racer Dale McDowell, who hadn't raced in months due to a prostate cancer battle, got in front of Devin Moran and held on to take the victory. Dennis Erb Jr. was second, then Kyle Larson, Chris Madden and Hudson O'Neal.
Friday night's card was just as crash-filled as Thursday night, but rains ended it early, forcing a reschedule to Saturday afternoon. Saturday's racing got washed out by the same rain that affected the Prototype Challenge covered above. The Saturday card has been completely canceled. The Friday races will be made during the DIRTcar Nationals in
February.