MOTOCROSS
RED BULL STRAIGHT RHY THM
OCTOBER 5, 2019
L A COUNT Y FAIRGROUNDS / POMONA, CALIFORNIA
P80
races to Parker Mashburn ("Na-
than Ramsey"), who was later
defeated by top qualifier Bran-
don Hartranft ("Evel Knievel").
Cooper Webb ("Jeremy Mc-
Grath") went out in round two,
losing to Pierce Brown ("Ricky
Fowler"). And Cole Seely
("Johnny O'Mara") lost in round
two to Josh Hansen, who was
just Josh Hansen.
Hansen was fast all day and
nearly took down his Honda rac-
ing buddy, Ken Roczen ("Jeremy
McGrath"), in the semi-finals,
but Roczen was just able to put
him away and move into the
final, while Hansen had to race
Brown for the third-place trophy,
which Hansen won.
There were only two
entries in the 500cc
two-stroke class, Tyler
Bowers and Travis
Pastrana. Bowers
took the overall
victory but Pastrana
did get a moto win
despite doing a
backflip in every race.
"Everybody's all, 'Oh, well
you don't race that much any-
more!' But that's all excuses,"
Hansen said. "If I come here,
I'm trying to race, and if I'm rac-
ing, I'm trying to win. If I want
to come here and just have a
good time, I can be up in the
stands, you know? Or go to the
dunes. I'm really disappointed
in myself right now!"
The final was Roczen versus
Hartranft, and Roczen—who
qualified second—was able to
Crashes were rare
this year but one
rider was eliminated
after going down.
Max Vohland walked
away from this hard
get-off but was done
for the evening. PHOTO:
BROWNDOG WILSON
