MOTOCROSS
LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS
ROUND 10 / AUGUST 11, 2018
UNADILLA VALLEY SPORTS CENTER / NEW BERLIN, NEW YORK
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in sixth, and then Nicoletti
had a minor crash, handing
second to Tomac. Just as
Tomac went by Musquin for
the lead, Musquin pitted for
fresh goggles himself, and
that was it.
Tomac took the moto win
by more than 25 seconds
over Musquin, with Nicoletti
nearly another full minute be-
hind him in third. Then came
Bloss, Baggett, five-time
GNCC champ Kailub Russell
in a very respectable sixth
place (in his first-ever AMA
Pro Motocross race), and
Honda HRC's Ken Roczen,
who was the last racer on the
lead lap.
With the first gate pick for
moto two, Tomac picked the
far inside gate, and it paid
off, keeping him out of the
carnage, as Musquin got
the holeshot. Tomac came
around in second, but it was
Nicoletti who sneaked by
both of them to take the lead
in the first couple turns. He
stayed there for a handful
laps until Musquin surprised
him with an inside move in a
turn and took the lead, and
Tomac soon followed the
Frenchman by, but Tomac
had nothing for Musquin in
the second moto.
Musquin took the win by
almost 35 seconds over
NO-GO FOR LOPES
It was a tough day for rookie Enzo
Lopes (Autotrader/Yoshimura Fac-
tory Suzuki), and it ended up with him
not even starting the second 250MX
moto. "It was gnarly," he said. "In the
first practice, I didn't feel the best.
We headed out for qualifying and I
felt good. It kept raining harder and
harder. As soon as we got on the gate
for the first moto it was a complete
mudfest. I had a good start, but before
the Skyshot I ended up crashing. My
helmet was so heavy that I could barely
see and breathe! Between the motos
we had an issue with the bike, and I
couldn't race the second moto. That's
how it goes sometimes."
Briefly...
New York's Phil
Nicoletti enjoyed
the muddy
conditions and
finished out the
day on the 450MX
podium.
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SIMON
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