IIIMY OWN RACE:
24 RJ HAMPSHIRE
2ND (3-2) 250MX
"I wish we could have go en a win
but that felt good," Hampshire said. "I
tried to hang on, but Dylan was riding
really good, and I just had to se le in
otherwise I would have been on my
head. I'm happy to be up here, thank-
ful to be here."
25 MARVIN MUSQUIN
5TH (4-5) 450MX
Marvin Musquin was impressive in
his 2020 debut. He hadn't raced at all
since the last Na onal in 2019 due to a
knee injury. "It's great to be back a er
almost a year since my last race at the
Indiana Na onal," Musquin said. "I
put in some good work and it gave me
me to get ready, so I'm okay where
I'm at. To be out there and to be com-
pe ve, that's exactly what I wanted.
When you're not racing for a year, I
didn't know where I was going to be,
but overall, I'm happy. I wish I would
have hung on to get on the podium."
MOTOCROSS
LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 1 / AUGUST 15, 2020
LORETTA LYNN'S RANCH / HURRICANE MILLS, TENNESSEE
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moto's end. Tomac eluded to hav-
ing suspension setup issues, say-
ing he was struggling to "hang on"
and "went back to old things we
knew" for the second moto. This
seemed to work. The next time
out, he went from eighth to sec-
ond, which was good, but he still
couldn't catch moto-two winner
Osborne, which answered anoth-
er question: yes, someone can,
Another question was: would
the three-time 450MX Champion
and newly crowned Supercross
Champion, Tomac, simply annihi-
late everyone and leave everyone
else racing for second place like
some were predicting? Well, no,
as it turned out. Tomac went back-
ward instead of forward in the first
moto, running as high as fourth
before sliding back to seventh by
(Above) Joey Savatgy (17) returned from injury, as did Marvin Musquin (25).
Both rode well. Fredrik Noren (31) grabbed the first-moto holeshot, but it was
Anderson (21) who shined. Cooper Webb (2) had a quiet day with a 5-8 (and a
sore back). (Right) Jason Anderson flat out smoked everyone in the first moto
but suffered arm-pump in the second moto. A 1-6 gave him second overall
which is nice, but he's still looking for that first 450MX overall victory.
