MOTOCROSS
LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS
ROUND 9 / JUNE 28, 2018
WASHOUGAL MX PARK / WASHOUGAL, WASHINGTON
P76
450MX
1. Eli Tomac (Kaw) 1-1
2. Ken Roczen (Hon) 3-2
3. Marvin Musquin (KTM) 2-3
4. Justin Barcia (Yam) 5-4
5. Blake Baggett (KTM) 6-5
6. Cooper Webb (Yam) 8-7
7. Benny Bloss (KTM) 7-10
8. Weston Peick (Suz) 12-6
9. Kyle Cunningham (Suz) 11-8
10. Phil Nicoletti (Hus) 9-12
250MX
1. Aaron Plessinger (Yam) 4-3
2. Shane McElrath (KTM) 9-1
3. Joey Savatgy (Kaw) 1-9
4. Dylan Ferrandis (Yam) 11-2
5. RJ Hampshire (Hon) 10-4
6. Alex Martin (KTM) 8-6
7. Justin Cooper (Yam) 6-8
8. Jordon Smith (KTM) 3-13
9. Chase Sexton (Hon) 5-10
10. Mitchell Harrison (Hus) 12-7
tin by 59 points in the champion-
ship chase with three rounds (six
motos) still left to run.
"I had a little luck by my side
with that one," Plessinger said.
"Shane was riding awesome. I
got the start, and he passed me
and pulled away from me. That's
that! He was riding really good!
I crashed, and Dylan got by me,
and I couldn't get back by him;
it's rough out here right now.
These guys are riding good and
you can't make a mistake."
Now, there's a weekend off
before the final three rounds
kick off at Unadilla Valley Sports
Center in New Berlin, New York,
on August 11. CN
Shane McElrath caught fire in the
second 250MX moto. He grabbed the
early lead and ran away with the win.
McElrath was absolutely
dominant in the moto, winning
by almost 13 seconds over Fer-
randis, Plessinger, Hampshire,
Nichols, Martin, Mitchell Har-
rison, Cooper and Savatgy, who
fought his way up to ninth place.
Sexton was 10th. Smith, who
was third in the opening moto,
was involved in the same inci-
dent as Savatgy on the opening
lap and ended up 13th.
Plessinger ended up with the
unlikely overall win with a 4-3
score over McElrath's 9-1 and
Savatgy's 1-9, but in the big pic-
ture, Plessinger now leads Mar-
