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rath, Hampshire, Martin and Joey
Savatgy. Forkner scored a single
point in the moto with a 20th-
place finish.
Ferrandis got the overall win
with his 4-1 score over the 2-4 of
Martin and the 6-2 of McElrath.
"I really didn't think about the
podium or the overall today,"
Ferrandis said. "I was really mad
after my first moto. I made a bad
decision on my fork, was definitely
too soft. So it's not why I got a bad
start, but I think I can do better on
first moto with a better fork, but
we improved with my team. Sec-
ond moto I was just riding at my
own rhythm, so it was good. I saw
that I was passing the guys and
coming out front. Unfortunately,
the guy crashed in front of me. I
would like to have a good battle
with the guy, but it's racing."
Hampshire was fourth overall
(7-3), while Plessinger was fifth
on the day with a 3-7 score, los-
for the holeshot to start moto two,
but Forkner went by them both
to take over the lead down the
ensuing straightaway. McElrath
held strong in second, holding off
Martin for quite a few laps before
Martin made a forceful move past
his teammate for second, then
set out after Forkner. It wasn't
long before the leading duo were
joined by Ferrandis, who was on
a roll coming from outside the top
10 to join them up front, and it was
at that point that Martin got a run
on Forkner around the outside,
which set him up on the inside of
the next corner.
Forkner refused to let off, and
Martin wasn't about to back down,
and the two collided, both hitting
the ground, but Forkner getting
the worst of it, as he knocked the
wind out of himself and was very
slow to rejoin the race.
Ferrandis inherited the lead
and took the moto win over McEl-
then spent the remainder of the
moto trying to pass Forkner, only
to come up just over a second
short at the finish.
Forkner scored his first moto win
of the year, over Martin, with Pless-
inger seven seconds behind him in
third, and Plessinger's teammate
Ferrandis coming home fourth after
starting outside the top 10.
Behind Ferrandis came Sexton,
McElrath, Hampshire, Colt Nich-
ols and the rest of the field.
Hampshire just edged McElrath
RJ Hampshire (36)
edges out Shane
McElrath (28), Alex
Martin (26) and
Austin Forkner (35)
for the lead early
in the second
250MX moto.
A pair of solid rides netted Dylan Ferrandis the overall
victory in the 250MX class.
