MOTOCROSS
LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS
ROUND 8 / JUNE 21, 2018
MILLVILLE, MINNESOTA / SPRING CREEK MX
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and Tomac, while Justin Bogle
(AutoTrader/Yoshimura JGR
Suzuki) did his best to fight off a
hoard of factory racers in fifth.
Baggett took an off-track excur-
sion through the sand whoops
on the first lap, giving up third
to Tomac, who then went after
Musquin and made that pass
stick just over a lap later. Then
he set out after Roczen, who
had already pulled out to a
nearly four-second lead.
nationals in a row. At Millville,
coming off his 1-1 performance at
RedBud, Plessinger went 1-1 yet
again, cementing his standing
atop the 250MX National Cham-
pionship with a 49-point lead
with four rounds left to run.
450MX
Ken Roczen (Honda HRC) got
the holeshot to start moto one
over Musquin, Blake Baggett
(Rocky Mountain ATV-MC KTM)
Tomac's performance put him
back ahead in the points stand-
ings, as well.
And in the 250MX class, we
finally saw the emergence of
Aaron Plessinger as a dominant
force in the class. Prior to Mill-
ville, the Monster Energy/Yama-
lube/Star Racing Yamaha Team
racer had three 1-1 performanc-
es, but had only two top-three
performances in the other eight
motos, and hadn't yet won two
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