before I leave that gate, that's where I'm going to be, and I feel
like I've run through it in my mind. I look at it like practice. But
it's challenging when they're seeing where I'm going behind
me and can pick apart the track, and I'm left to try to figure it
out. At the beginning I feel like I wasn't flowing too well, but af-
ter 20 minutes or so, after I made that little mistake, I felt really
good and managed the race from there. Chase [Sexton] made
that little push right there at the end so I had to pick it up."
"I got smashed from someone behind me in the second cor-
ner," said Osborne after an uneven first moto. "It jammed my foot
really bad. I could handle it, but the more I went on the more the
pressure hurt. Between motos I got it massaged out and just took
a big dose of adrenaline going to the line, which is about all you
can do. They were trying to tape it and I was like, 'No, don't tape
it. I'm just going to go down there and do the job.' I wasn't totally
in my comfort zone today and did a little bit of points racing."
After he and the two Kawasaki factory riders dispatched
of early leader Marvin Musquin of the Red Bull KTM team,
MOTOCROSS
LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 8 / OCTOBER 3, 2020
THUNDER VALLEY PARK / L AKEWOOD, COLORADO
P58
IIIMY OWN RACE:
25 MARVIN MUSQUIN
6TH (6-8) 450MX
Marvin Musquin wasn't on his A-game
in Colorado, which had to do with a
few nagging injuries. "It's frustra ng,"
he said. "Obviously, last weekend I did
good in more of the sandy condi ons,
but this weekend was harder dirt and
the track was a bit difficult, just a very
tough day overall. It's been a tough
two weeks since my crash at Millville
and then at prac ce at WW. I rode a
couple laps this week, but I can't train
on the motorcycle during the week
because of my thumb. On race day,
pain isn't the issue but strength-wise,
it's not awesome and confidence-wise
I was off."
74 MITCHELL HARRISON
8TH (8-9) 250MX
"The track was definitely different
than what we've been riding on the
past few weeks, but we were up for
the challenge," said Mitchell Harrison
of the Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Ka-
wasaki Team. "I was so pumped to get
the holeshot in the first moto. I just
didn't find a groove right away and
the track was challenging. They put
down water and you had to be really
cau ous those first few laps. Overall
it was a solid day, but I want more. I
want that top-five."
