JASON ANDERSON - GRIT 250 450SX

GRIT-250 | 450 SX

June 3rd, 2024 6:30 pm

Throughout the day on Saturday, Kawasaki's Jason Anderson appeared to gel with the hard-packed soil of Colorado. With numerous family and friends in attendance, the number twenty-one sustained a confident persona from qualification, into that of the heat race that followed. He would hover inside the top-five amongst a multitude of established competitors, but made urgent moves on both, Justin Barcia and Vince Friese to occupy third by the time the second lap was completed. Once there, the attempt at nullifying the gap between he and Chase Sexton (who was second) was on the agenda for the native of New Mexico. However, Sexton was riding extremely well on his own behalf - and wasn't providing mistakes of any sort, for Anderson to capitalize on. Therefore with around two laps to go, it seems as though Anderson decided that a third-place standing was sufficient for the gate choice that correlated in the main event...leaving him leaping over the final double in the aforementioned bronze medal standing, before returning to the semi to develop a game-plan for the finalé. He would hover inside the top-five to begin the main event, Jason Anderson would pass Justin Cooper while simultanesouly gaining a position due to Eli Tomac crashing as well. He had moved into third with around three and a half minutes of action transpiring, and proceeded to take aim at the Honda tandem of the Lawrence brothers, who were not afar in front. Anderson was relentless while demonstrating remarkable technique on the hard-packed surface. He was comfortable, and it was easily identifiable that this was his home race of sorts. Through the first quarter, and halfway point of the moto, once Anderson was into third - he remained there. There were instances where he gained on the rear wheel of Jett Lawrence, which motivated the red-plate holder to get around his brother even faster. But once the gap between he and Hunter (who was now second) remained rather stable, there was little Anderson could do to overcome it. However, he couldn't be discredited - as his technique, speed, and confidence all looked promising when taking the white flag. His output of momentum on this Denver course was stellar, and as he clinched the third-place residency when passing by the checkered flag, the crowd cheered with hopefulness that he would contend for victory once more in Salt Lake City next week.

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