CHAMPIONSHIP
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the Roczen of early 2017.
Webb took the inside on his
teammate in a left-hander a few
laps later and nearly T-boned Mus-
quin, Webb's front wheel contact-
ing the side of Musquin's match-
ing KTM 450 SX-F as they exited
the turn. Soon after, Webb did it
again, taking the inside line across
the start straightaway as Musquin
attempted to squeeze Webb down
into the Tuff Blocks to make Webb
hit the brakes early. Webb, how-
ever, didn't hit the brakes early.
Webb used his front wheel to
move Musquin out of the way.
When he tagged Musquin, it
straightened the Frenchman up
just as he was going into a sand
section, and Musquin had no
choice but to go off the track,
barely keeping it on two wheels
and losing two positions.
Webb went on to chase down
Dean Wilson (Rockstar Energy
Husqvarna) for second late in the
race, while Roczen took a very
popular victory in the first 450SX
main event.
Musquin was working on Wilson
for third late in the main when he
went off the track a second time,
this time crashing on the slick
concrete. Still, at the finish, Mus-
quin seemed to have been gifted
fifth place by Tomac in the final
corner of the race, when Tomac
inexplicably went wide exiting the
last turn, skipped over a handful of
ruts, and then let off the gas going
up the finish-line jump. Musquin
beat him to the line by a wheel.
Webb and Wilson took second
and third, respectively, while Cole
Seely (Honda HRC) and Musquin
rounded out the top five.
