Round 5 Anaheim 3  Pre-Qualifying: Ryan's starts are looking better. He nearly holeshot his pre-qualifier, but crashed into a rear wheel and fell in the 3rd turn. Nearly a lap down after re-starting the bike, it was on to the consi. In the consi they only take the top 2 to the night show. Ryan grabbed the holeshot and never looked back.

Heat 1: In heat 1 Ryan's teammates Lamson and Narita were running 3rd and 5th all the way to the finish. Ryan was struggling in the back and missed qualifying for the main by one spot and finished 10th.

LCQ: Ryan jumped out of the gate in about 7th and made some crazy passes through the rhythm sections and whoops. The next thing I know he's in 4th where he stayed the rest of the race taking the final qualifying position.

Main Event: Anaheim 3 had the split start where half the guys turn right and the rest turn left. Most of the holeshots were coming from the right side. In the main event Ryan was last gate pick so he had to line up on the left. Somehow he lined up right next to last weeks winner Billy Laninovich. Ryan got a great start and followed Laninovich through the first 2 turns. When they met up with the other side Ryan was about 8th. Once again he made some passes through the rhythm section and whoops and moved into 5th! Running order was Tedesco, Laninovich, Danny Smith, Nate Ramsey, and Abrigo!   On lap 3 Ryan made a pass on Smith and moved into 4th! Ramsey made a mistake and Ryan was closing in on 3rd! Ryan almost crashed twice in the whoops, but he stayed in 4th for 2 laps until Smith got him back. Ryan was feeling a bit of pressure now from Metcalf, but tried again to overtake Smith. On lap 8, over halfway through the race, Ryan came up short on a triple through the rhythms and went over the bars. The crash did some damage to the front brake and Ryan's throttle was sticking, but he finished 17th.  However, the AMA officials gave Ryan 19th because they said when Ryan's mechanic came over to see if he was OK, they saw him touch Ryan's front brake. Even though he didn't do anything, they said that constituted outside assistance which is only allowed in the mechanics area. That means that nothing counted after Ryan's crash. Well Ryan learned a lot. He knows what to work on over the next 2 weeks when Supercross returns to San Diego on Feb. 19th.  But most of all Ryan now knows he can run the pace!

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		Ryan sails to a win in the pre-qualifying consi race.
Ryan multitasks and answers calls while signing autographs. Motosport mechanic Ryan works it with miss White Brothers .		Alan Olson preps Lamson's bike for the main.	The White Brothers girls pose with Narita's bike.	Ryan before the main event.
Ryan poses with the White Brothers girls.	Anaheim 3 opening ceremonies.	A3 was sold out again. 45,050 fans filled the stadium.	Ryan in 5th looks over at the leaders off the triple.	Ryan in 4th with Danny Smith in hot pursuit!
The MotoSport crew discuss Ryan's impressive ride after the main event.	Ryan and MotoSport team manager Bill Tanner after the A3 main event.	Ryan signs a jersey for a fan after the races.