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MOTOCROSS LUCAS OIL/AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS ROUND 7 / JULY 6, 2019 BUCHANAN, MICHIGAN / REDBUD RACEWAY P58 dis, TLD/Red Bull KTM's Shane McElrath, and Cianciarulo. Cooper started outside the top 10. Martin held strong out front for a handful of laps before Fer- randis worked his way by Nichols and then by Martin to take the lead and run away with his second moto win of the day. Cianciarulo worked hard to go from fifth and grab second from Martin with a handful of laps to go. Martin finished third over Hampshire's teammate Hunter Lawrence, Nichols, Cooper, Rockstar Energy Husqvarna's Michael Mosiman, and Hamp- shire, who went down in the first turn. Overall, Ferrandis took the win with a 1-1 over Cianciarulo's 5-2, Cooper's 3-6, and Hampshire's 2-8. "Getting ready for the outdoors is tough after a long super- leeway in testing to build a chassis setup that he was happy with. It could easily be imagined how a racer who is accus- tomed to winning everything in sight (like he has done in Australia for the past few years) would let their frustration boil over. And the Yamaha team has Aaron Pless- inger back now, which gave the team a little more reason to let Ferris go. There's no word as yet about what he will do next, but don't be surprised if he finishes out the season on a JGR Suzuki. BARCIA BROKE Monster Energy Yamaha's Justin Barcia was running a strong fifth in the first moto at RedBud, behind leader Justin Bogle, Cooper Webb, Eli Tomac, and Jason An- derson, when he suffered a mechanical failure and was forced out of the race. The exact cause of the failure hasn't been released, and likely won't be, but before the first moto, his team had to tear the motorcycle down to fix something af- ter practice. He started almost dead last in the second moto and still managed to finish 10th after passing his teammate Aaron Plessinger on the last lap for the spot. TOO HOT Geico Honda's Chase Sexton was advised by his team to sit out RedBud following the heat stroke he suffered two races prior in Florida. Sexton won the first moto in Florida, but the heat forced him out of moto two at the very start. He was listless at Southwick as well, finish- ing outside the top 10 in the first moto and then dropping out before moto two. But the team has had more than its fair share of dealing with heat issues in the past, and they've obviously learned from them. Former team racer Trey Canard had a lot of problems with the heat at the Texas National in 2008-2010, even Briefly... Dylan Ferrandis flat out dominated the 250MX class.