MOTOCROSS
LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS
ROUND 9 / JULY 27, 2019
WASHOUGAL MOTOCROSS PARK / WASHOUGAL, WASHINGTON
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IIIMY OWN RACE:
51 JUSTIN BARCIA
10TH 450MX (10-9)
Bad starts ruined Jus n Barcia's day. "We
struggled a li le bit this morning, made
lots of li le changes all day," Barcia said.
"In the first moto, I got a bad start again.
I charged through the pack up to the
top 10. I passed a lapper and got taken
out, so that put me back a li le bit, but
I s ll managed to finish 10th. Then I got
another bad start in the second moto,
which is frustra ng. I can't figure those
out at the moment. I just charged as far as
I could forward, and rode the best I could
today. It was a tough one."
23 CHASE SEXTON
5TH 250MX (4-6)
"Not an ideal day at Washougal, between
bad starts and p-overs it just made the
day super difficult," said Chase Sexton.
"I'm not complaining; I'm the only person
to blame for it! I just need to be be er,
plain and simple. Fi h overall, but that's
not what I show up to do. Going to figure
it out these next two weeks and come out
swinging for the last three!"
26 JEREMY MARTIN
9TH 250MX (13-7)
"Washougal is a tricky track for me, so I'm
happy to just be moving on from this race
healthy," said JGRMX/Yoshimura/Suzuki's
Jeremy Mar n. "In the first moto I had a
good pace going while running in seventh
posi on. Then I swapped out coming
into a le -hand corner and went over the
bars. I spun badly out of the gate in the
second moto and was buried in the pack,
but I made aggressive passes right away
to finish seventh. My riding was decent. I
just need be er starts."
over Roczen, Rockstar Energy
Husqvarna's Zach Osborne,
Webb and Savatgy.
"On the bike, it was like per-
fection, other than the starts,"
Tomac said. "The second moto
was pretty much mistake-free,
and I was just feeling so good.
When everything's in the right
spot, right time, right place,
that's what happens."
Tomac passed at least 25
racers on his way to a 1-1 score
at Washougal, while Roczen
finished second overall with
his 2-3, and Musquin was third
with his 5-2. Tomac now leads
the title chase by an even 50
points—two motos' worth—over
Musquin with three rounds (six
motos) still left to run. Roczen
picked up four points on the day
to Musquin and is now only sev-
en points behind the Frenchman
for second in the title chase.
Musquin finished out the day on
the podium but lost ground to
points leader Tomac.
