ANAHEIM, California: Jorge Prado won Heat 1 at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California.<\/p>\n
Heat 2<\/p>\n
It was another crowded start in Heat 2 with a close battle between Chase Sexton, Hunter Lawrence, Ken Roczen, and Justin Hill riding side by side, four-wide.<\/p>\n
Roczen emerged with the lead.<\/p>\n
Sexton crashes heading up the tunnel jump with four minutes remaining on the clock. He fell to eighth. <\/p>\n
Halfway through, Lawrence was second to Roczen with Christian Craig in third.<\/p>\n
Justin Anderson passed Hill for fourth with two minutes on the clock.<\/p>\n
RJ Hampshire and Justin Cooper went down in the sand section midway through the heat. Hampshire clung to ninth. Cooper fell to 11th.<\/p>\n
450 Heat 2 Results coming soon<\/p>\n
Heat 1<\/p>\n
Aaron Plessinger got the holeshot and the crowd went wild.<\/p>\n
Cooper Webb showed his determination to win the season opener and rode in hard on Lap 2. He slid into the side of Plessinger and took sent them both to the ground.<\/p>\n
Jorge Prado assumed the lead, bringing Justin Barcia with him in Ducati\u2019s debut.<\/p>\n
Webb fell out of the top nine with its guarantee of a start in the feature. Plessinger fared worse and dropped all the way to the back of the field.<\/p>\n
Dylan Ferrandis brought Ducati into the top five as well.<\/p>\n
As time ran off the clock, Eli Tomac moved into second around Barcia.<\/p>\n
Tomac caught his new teammate Prado on the final lap, but could not quite complete the pass. <\/p>\n
Prado won by half a second.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot many expected me to win the first race of the year,\u201d Prado said. \u201cIt was a great start with my riding and it clicked everything together.\u201d<\/p>\n
Barcia and Ferrandis battled for the final podium position. It went to Barcia.<\/p>\n
Joey Savatgy rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n
In Triumph\u2019s debut, Austin Forkner advanced to the Main.<\/p>\n
Plessinger finished 14th and did not did not.<\/p>\n