NOTOCROSS
LUCAS OIL/AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS
ROUND 7 / JUNE 7, 2018
BUCHANAN, MICHIGAN / REDBUD
P62
Monster Energy Kawasaki's
series points leader and de-
fending champ, Tomac, came
into RedBud 32 points ahead
of Red Bull KTM's Marvin Mus-
quin and had a 15-second lead
in the first moto with less than
three laps left when his mo-
torcycle quit on him. The DNF
didn't just cost him 22 points to
Musquin, who finished second
in the first moto, but it gave him
36th gate pick for moto two as
well. That gate pick resulted
in a terrible start, and things
just snowballed from there on
his way to finishing ninth in the
moto after a few falls and a
trip to the mechanics' area for
repairs.
The 450MX championship
Marvin Musquin
grabbed his second
straight win and is the
new points leader in the
450MX class.
TOUGH TIMES
The Monster Energy/Pro Circuit
Kawasaki team again experienced
some more bad luck at RedBud.
In the first moto, Austin Forkner
worked his way up to take the lead
from Aaron Plessinger only to take
the outside in the turn after the
sand whoops and open the door for
Aaron Plessinger to push his way
through, knocking Forkner to the
dirt. He scored a DNF. After that,
Forkner's teammate Joey Savatgy
fought his way up to second, then
he went down as well, finishing 17th.
Rookie teammate Garrett March-
banks matched his best finish of the
year that moto, though, with a sixth.
But in the second moto, things
turned around for Forkner (second)
and Savatgy (fifth), while it was
Marchbanks who crashed off the
start of moto two and scored a DNF.
"The first moto was awesome and it
felt great to be back," Marchbanks
said about his first race back since
injuring his MCL in his knee at High
Point. "I was really feeling good in
that first race. Unfortunately, I went
down at the start of the second
moto and wasn't able to continue."
HAMPSHIRE OUT
Geico Honda's RJ Hampshire had
a fantastic end to the first moto,
grabbing second place after Joey
Savatgy went down. Unfortunately,
he was part of a massive pileup
at the start of the second moto,
along with Garrett Marchbanks,
Briefly...
