Both Rockstar Energy Suzuki’s #126 Hunter Hewitt and Rock River Powersports’ #370 Drew Yenerich said good bye to the west coast as they fulfilled personal goals at Anaheim 3.

Hewitt was on a tear all day; an 8th place start led to a 5th place finish in his heat race. Another top 5 start in the main led to great riding for the first 5 laps with Hewitt comfortably in 6th place. Josh Hansen was making his way through the field and as the track made its turn up the start straight, he inexplicably took Hewitt’s front wheel out putting #126 on the ground in the widest, most open part of the track. Hewitt rode as well as he could for the remainder of the race without use of his clutch as his lever was pointing straight down and unrepairable. Although disappointed at failing to make his top 10 results goal, Hewitt has confidence going into the break as he was definitely riding at top 10 pace.

Yenerich was on his last “warm up” round of riding the 450 class on his Rock River backed 250 machine. Yenerich struggled a bit on the most technical track of this west coast season to date but held on to qualify 40th for the night show! He rode to a 15th in his heat race and 12th in his LCQ as he battled the big bikes. Yenerich is satisfied with his two west coast warm up rounds and is headed to his true pro SX debut at Indy with the experience and confidence captured in his short stay in California.

Hewitt is slated to begin outdoor riding in Texas after his short break while Yenerich launches his pro career on the east coast. Stay tuned for more updates!