MOTOCROSS
LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS
ROUND 9 / JUNE 28, 2018
WASHOUGAL MX PARK / WASHOUGAL, WASHINGTON
P60
second week in a row. More im-
portantly for him, he increased
his championship lead by eight
points over both Roczen and
Musquin, the two riders near-
est him in the 2018 450MX
Championship. He's now 15
points clear of the Frenchman,
Musquin, and well ahead of
the German, Roczen, with just
three rounds left to go.
In the 250MX class, Aaron
Plessinger, coming off four con-
FORKNER UPDATE
Early in the second 250MX moto,
Austin Forkner, who was running
third at the time, went to scrub the
base of Horsepower Hill and his front
wheel just barely touched the dirt
on his way over. It was a very similar
crash to what broke Trey Canard's
femur in the exact same spot on the
track a few years ago. Despite the
pain, Forkner was also undoubt-
edly devastated at yet another AMA
National with one fantastic moto and
one absolutely terrible one. For-
kner indicated on his Instagram that
he was okay, saying, "Everything
happens for a reason and I'm not
entirely sure what that reason is but
just gotta keep believing. See u at
Unadilla."
JG'S BACK
Josh Grant made his long-awaited
return to racing from his broken leg
Briefly...
Tomac passes
one of his victims,
Justin Barcia,
in the second
450MX moto.
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