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Webb hung on for the win,
just holding off a final charge
from Roczen at the finish,
and Roczen grabbed second.
Osborne finished third in front
of Barcia and Tomac, who had
a fall during the moto but never
quite looked like a threat. Behind
Tomac came Bloss and Mus-
quin, who fell in the first turn.
Overall, Webb took the win
with a 1-1 over Osborne, who
grabbed second with a 4-3 only
two weeks after missing the
RedBud National with an injured
collarbone.
"I was feeling good," Webb
said about his second moto.
"Kenny [Roczen] was riding
awesome, and I went and fol-
ter a 14th in the opening moto).
Roczen made a pass a couple
laps in when he tripled up a hill
(a jump no one else had been
jumping under the conditions),
and although Webb passed
Roczen right back, Webb ended
up going down the following lap
trying to clear the same triple,
and Roczen took over the lead.
Webb got up in second, and had
to fight off Osborne before he
set back out after Roczen.
And with a handful of laps
remaining, Webb got to within
striking distance, and then he
passed Roczen through the fa-
mous Millville Sand Whoops (al-
though they weren't that sandy,
but wet sandy, on this day).
his career), Chase Sexton returned
to action at Millville, as did his team-
mate Christian Craig. Unfortunately,
they both suffered mechanical
failures in the first moto. Sexton was
running fourth in the first moto when
his motorcycle gave up, having just
passed Dylan Ferrandis (whose
YZ250F was smoking at the time).
Sexton was second in moto two,
while Craig had two crashes (one of
them big) in the second moto and
ended up 20th, scoring one point
before he had to head to the Alpin-
estars Medical trailer for stitches in
his elbow.
BETLEY RETIRES
Longtime Honda mechanic, techni-
cian and team manager, Danny
Betley, has retired from his role as
the team manager for Geico Honda.
Betley has worked with Honda for
over 30 years, with his first year
coming in 1989 as the mechanic
for Team Honda's Jeff Stanton,
who went on to win six champion-
ships in four years with Betley on
the wrenches. Betley had worked in
a technical role of one form or an-
other at the Honda factory team for
much of his career before he was
thrust into the role of team manager
for the Honda factory team when
Honda and erstwhile team manager
Erik Kehoe failed to come to terms
on a new contract prior to the 2013
season. Betley led the Honda team
through the 2017 season, after
which it was announced that Kehoe
would be returning, and Betley
would be moving to the Geico
Honda team. Betley will be in an
advisory role for the rest of 2019 to
help the team's new manager Josh
Wisenor.
Briefly...
