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streak only stopped by one of the
Martin brothers (that year's defend-
ing 250cc champ, Jeremy Martin)
going 2-1 at his parents' racetrack
in Millville, Minnesota. Webb went
1-2 that day. In 2016, Webb finished
on the podium in 13 of the last 16
motos of the series, winning seven
of them. Ask Webb, and he'll tell you
that supercross does come a little
bit easier to him, evidenced by his
two consecutive 250SX West titles,
and this year's 450SX Champion-
ship, but it's a mistake to sleep on
his outdoor prowess.
BY STEVE COX
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROB KOY
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ometimes it's easy to forget how
Red Bull KTM's Cooper Webb
got the national number 2 in the
first place. Single-digit numbers, by
rule, are only available for past na-
tional champions, and Webb got that
career-number 2 by winning the 2016
Lucas Oil AMA Pro 250cc National
Motocross Championship by 73 points.
He didn't win his first overall that year
until round five, in Tennessee. He
ended up winning three in a row, his
