Weston Peick #23 held off Ryan Dungey #5 for most of the Phoenix SX main event. Photo by: Mark Lester
One of, if not the biggest surprise of the 2015 Monster Energy Supercross, an FIM World Championship series, has been JGRMX/Auto Trader/Yamaha’s Weston Peick. After grinding it out for years as a privateer, the #23 finally got a full-time shot on a factory team, and he is showing everyone why he should be paid top dollar to race a dirt bike.
At the first round in Anaheim, Weston finished a solid 7th, but at round two, a small mistake after riding seventeen perfect laps cost him his first ever podium finish in Phoenix. Early in the Phoenix SX 450SX main event, Weston passed the 2010 450SX Champion, Red Bull/KTM’s Ryan Dungey, for 3rd and held that position under extreme pressure from the #5 for seventeen laps. Unfortunately on lap seventeen, Weston cased a jump, rolled his ankle and suffered a broken bone in his foot. With that, Dungey was able to get around Weston, but the #23 still hung to his best-ever finish in 4th.
Weston sent out a post from his Instagram account @WestonPeick updating the fans, and it looks like he will get his foot checked out by a specialist sometime today. Hopefully he will be able to race Anaheim 2 and continue on with the momentum gained over the first two rounds, but either way, Mr. Peick looks to be a podium contender from here on in 2015. You can check out Weston’s Instagram post below.
