SUPERCROSS
MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS, AN FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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arvin Musquin started
the 2019 season with
a knee injury that was
bad enough to keep him off the
bike until just before Anaheim 1,
then toughed it out through the
opening rounds of the series,
unable to train like he wanted.
Even through all of that, he put
his KTM on the box in seven of
the first 10 rounds of the season.
Prior to the Indianapolis, Indiana,
round—the 11th of 17 on Monster
Energy AMA Supercross Series
schedule—Musquin had not
managed to lead a single lap.
But there's just something
about Indianapolis for Musquin.
Musquin won the 250SX class
in Indianapolis in 2013 and
2015, and won the 450SX last
year. The added confidence of
knowing he gets along well with
the dirt seems to be all that was
necessary for Musquin to put it
all together and take his first win
of the year.
"When you win a couple of
times in the same stadium, you
obviously love it," the Red Bull
KTM Team rider said. "Coming
into the weekend, I definitely
thought about it; I had a great
race last year and I won, and I
maybe won twice in the 250s,
so coming into the weekend, I
was definitely happy to be here,
and excited, and like maybe it's
time to win."
Musquin lead another KTM
sweep of the 450SX podium.
Blake Baggett and points leader
Cooper Webb joined him on the
box.
As for the 250SX East Champi-
onship, there hasn't been a track
on the schedule so far this year
that Austin Forkner didn't seem
to love, and the Monster En-
ergy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki racer
dominated his fifth main event of
the year as his series heads into
hiatus for a few weeks.
450SX
Musquin came to Indianapo-
lis ready to play. He qualified
second during the day, and the
added confidence of being at
one of his favorite venues was
enough to get him the start he
needed in the main event.
ROUND 11 / MARCH 16, 2019
LUCAS OIL STADIUM / INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
Marvin Musquin leads yet another KTM podium
sweep with his first win of 2019
BREAKS
THROUGH
MUSQUIN
BY STEVE COX
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROB KOY
