MOTOCROSS
LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS
ROUND 3 / JUNE 1, 2019
THUNDER VALLEY RACEWAY / LAKEWOOD, CALIFORNIA
P62
Cianciarulo took over the lead,
which he held to the finish.
After a protest from Cooper
and his team, claiming Ciancia-
rulo's off-track excursion had to
give him an advantage, the AMA
officially gave the win to Cian-
ciarulo, and his 2-1 score stood,
giving him the overall for the third
race in a row.
"I came in more, I think, with
a chip on my shoulder this year,"
Cianciarulo said. "You can say
that's from Vegas, but I really feel
like I would have been the same
either way. I just feel like I've
made a lot of improvements. Half
the time before, I'm in my own
rulo was on his tail.
As Cianciarulo pressured Coo-
per going up a hill full of rollers,
the Kawasaki rider got cross-
rutted and went off the track
and over the Red Bull repeater
banner that lined the right side of
that entire section. He re-entered
the track at the exit of the next
turn, then slowed to make sure
he didn't gain any time while not
on the track. Then, Cianciarulo
resumed the chase.
Cooper held firm for a while,
but Cianciarulo pressured him
into a mistake not long after mak-
ing his own. When Cooper al-
most went down in a rutted turn,
head because I'm not fit enough.
That was half my problem before.
Now I'm fit enough so I go to the
gate with that confidence that
Nick Wey [Cianciarulo's trainer]
and I always say, 'Pack a lunch.
We'll figure it out. If we're not fast
in the beginning, we'll figure it out
by the end of the second moto.'
That's our motto. He's got me
doing super long motos on these
super rough sand tracks out in the
middle of nowhere all the time. I've
just really put a lot of emphasis on
my technique. I feel like I'm the
best guy, and that's the difference,
I think, so far. When I go to the
gate, I feel like I should win. I think
