Cooper Webb’s seven race 250SX win streak dating back to last year ended last night at Round 4 of Monster Energy Supercross in Oakland. Webb led nine laps of the main event on Saturday and was just a few laps away from his eighth consecutive win when he suffered a mechanical problem.
Jason Weigandt and Aaron Hansel reported this in Saturday Night Live regarding the issue:
We stopped by the Star Racing rig at the end of the night and the team still wasn’t quite sure what had happened to Webb’s bike. Team owner Bobby Regan told us they wouldn’t know for sure until Monday, but right now they suspected the problem was electrical in nature. It looked like smoke was coming out of the engine as Cooper tried to kick it, but the bike eventually refired, Cooper did a lap to finish the race, and then the bike was ridden all the way back to the pits without trouble. Team Manager Brad Hoffman told us he thinks it might be the stator, because if raw fuel got dumped into the engine, it could mist out of the bike, which could explain the look of smoke. Webb said vapor lock on the podium, but Hoffman doesn’t think that’s the case, because EFI bikes with pressurized fuel systems virtually never vapor lock.
With Webb out, Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Joey Savatgy took his first career win and now enters Round 5 with a two point lead over Webb.
