MOTOCROSS
LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS
ROUND 11 / AUGUST 18, 2018
BUDDS CREEK, MARYLAND / BUDDS CREEK RACEWAY
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son fourth. Tomac, meanwhile,
worked his way into fifth after
running about 15th off the start.
Late in the moto, Roczen
came under pressure from Mus-
quin, but a mistake for Musquin
when the pair got the two-to-go
sign gave Roczen some breath-
ing room and caused Musquin
to save whatever he had left for
moto two. Roczen ended up
winning the moto over Musquin,
while Tomac ended up third after
it took him five laps to get around
Barcia through the middle of
the moto. Anderson and Blake
Baggett (Rocky Mountain ATV-
MC KTM) rounded out the top
five, both passing Barcia in the
closing laps. Barcia was sixth.
make up 21 points on Tomac to
take the title in Indiana. It defi-
nitely seems unlikely, but Tomac
lost 35 points to Musquin at
RedBud just over a month ago,
so… you know what they say.
At worst, an unlikely 6-6 score
will still win it for Tomac, even
if Musquin takes home both
motos.
450MX
In the first 450MX moto, Mus-
quin got the holeshot, but Ken
Roczen (Honda HRC) immedi-
ately snuck by the KTM pilot to
take the lead, with Justin Bar-
cia (Monster Energy Yamaha)
settling into third and returning
2018 SX champ Jason Ander-
But he couldn't be happier.
And chances are pretty good
that the Aaron Plessinger who
shows up at the series finale
next weekend in Indiana will be
very hard to beat, once he has
the week to soak up what he's
accomplished.
But Eli Tomac (Monster Ener-
gy Kawasaki) is going to have to
wait a week to officially wrap up
his first-ever title defense, and
Marvin Musquin (Red Bull KTM)
is not out of it yet. If not for a big
crash on Tuesday before Budds
Creek, it's entirely possible that
Musquin could've won at Budds
Creek, after leading both motos.
Instead, after losing five points to
Tomac at Budds, Musquin has to
Eli Tomac did it again.
Just when you think
he's too far back to win,
he proves everybody
wrong. He came from
behind again to take
the overall victory.
