MOTOCROSS
LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS
ROUND 2 / MAY 25, 2019
FOX RACEWAY / PALA, CALIFORNIA
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at the end. Then he had a little
bit of a tip-over, and I thought he
was farther back than he was.
So, I kind of starting laying up a
little bit. Then two laps to go, I
saw my mechanic put 'Push' on
the pit board, and he was really
waving his towel pretty hard.
I was like, 'This guy must be
close,' and I kind of had to empty
the tank in the energy depart-
ment and kind of got away a little
bit and was able to get it done."
however, he went down soon
after that, giving the lead back to
Cianciarulo, who went on to win
despite a strong comeback by
Lawrence. Cianciarulo held on
to take the win over Lawrence,
Ferrandis and Cooper.
"He [Lawrence] just had a
couple lines on me," Ciancia-
rulo said. "When he got by me,
I just tried not to freak out and
just tried to learn and see what I
could do, maybe make a charge
some expectation that the race
would be restarted, the race
continued. Shane McElrath
(TLD/Red Bull KTM) led early,
but he gave way to Ciancia-
rulo on lap three. Cianciarulo
soon had to deal with Hunter
Lawrence (Geico Honda), who
hounded Cianciarulo until pass-
ing the points leader with a hand-
ful of laps remaining. Just when
it looked as though Lawrence
had the moto win in the bag,
Lawrence showed he has the speed to win in the 250MX class.
