MOTOCROSS
LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 6 / SEPTEMBER 19, 2020
SPRING CREEK MX PARK / MILLVILLE, MINNESOTA
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that really matters."
The 250 class was poised to
be a battle between the home-
town heroes and a bevy of fast
Star Racing Yamaha riders led by
Ferrandis and a slew of Mar-
tin's fellow Geico Honda riders.
Everyone on the track delivered
for the pre-set capacity crowd of
5000 mostly masked fans who
were allowed to attend accord-
ing to local health guidelines,
but Ferrandis still provided the
spoiler. He finally got decent
starts in both motos after a run
of several lesser starts helped
put him in the 9-point hole he
was in. He got to the front fairly
easily in both motos, dispatching
Rockstar Husqvarna's RJ Hamp-
shire, winner of the last round, in
the first moto, and then his own
teammate Shane McElrath in the
second. Jeremy Martin could not
climb any higher than fifth, which
meant the points were suddenly
tied. That might have inspired
Martin, had he realized it, but he
later said he did not. No matter,
he put up quite the challenge the
second time out, running Ferran-
dis down on the last lap and very
nearly passing him in a thrilling
race to the finish.
"It's a big relief," Ferrandis
said after winning by less than a
half-second. "The past few races
have been hard for me with a lot
of up and down, more down. I
injured my shoulder. It was not
ideal, but we regrouped during
the weekend off and tried to
recover the best that I can. We
did the job today." Ferrandis also
of the other and here I am with
two wins in a row. It's crazy."
"I'm giving it everything I've
got," said Baggett. "The goal is to
be there at the end. If I don't win
today, 2-2 is awesome, but at the
same time I was so close to being
able to pull it off. At least they
knew I was coming and that's all
last year when I won the cham-
pionship on a 250, I never went
1-1. I'm just feeling really confident
in my riding. In supercross and
even the first round of outdoors,
things were starting to tumble out
of control and I'm like, 'Man, what
am I doing?' and just continuing
to grind and put one foot in front
Martin brothers
Jeremy (6) and Alex
(26) finished out the
day on the podium
at their family-owned
Spring Creek track.
