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VOLUME 57 ISSUE 41 OCTOBER 13, 2020 P85 "It was a good finish for what it was," said Tomac afterwards. "I just want to congratulate Zach on the championship, very well earned this year." As for his second moto, Tomac shrugged, "I just didn't quite have that end finish that I had in the first moto. I gave them too much time in the beginning of the race. It was a good fight, though, today." it. Really happy for him, happy for my friend Chase to get his first win today. He's going to be really good for a really long time and I'm looking forward to bat- tling with him. For myself, a lot of encouraging signs. Speed is good, a couple things to work on for sure in the offseason which I'm really excited to get at it and start prepping for next year." got me here today, so I'm so happy and definitely going to celebrate tonight." Cianciarulo was disappointed in losing the win, but also gra- cious in defeat. "Zach was the man this year—flawless championship for him," he said. "A well deserving champion. He's been at it a long time and he certainly deserves rier of the Rockstar Husqvarna team was named Transport Driver of the Year. Osborne's tuner Dave Feeney was named Mechanic of the Year. JARVIS DOES IT AGAIN For the second time this series, North Carolina's Jordan Jarvis made the 40-rider 250 National program as an alternate. The SGB Racing Maxxis Babbitt's SGB Racing/Maxxis/Bab- bitt's Kawasaki rider finished sixth in the last chance qualifier, from which the top four go into the afternoon program. She was second alternate, but when JGR Suzuki's Alex Martin and Geico Honda's Hunter Lawrence (Jett's older brother) both dropped out with injuries suffered in practice, both Jarvis and fellow Kawasaki rider Mason Wharton of Washington made the final field. With 35-27 moto finishes, Jarvis finished 33rd overall, a new highwater mark for a woman in AMA Pro Motocross. FOX RACEWAY MX NOTES: Cameron McAdoo came into Pala with a couple of broken fingers but raced anyway, going 10-11 for 11th (250MX) overall... JGR Suzuki's Fredrick Noren (broken knee cap), Alex Martin (broken leg), Joey Sa- vatgy (ankle) pulled out with injuries after morning practice... Despite qualifying eighth, Justin Barcia did not lineup for the National motos; he said he wasn't yet 100 percent from his crash the week before in Colo- rado... This was Barcia's last race with Yamaha before moving over to the factory GasGas team in 2021... Hunter Lawrence also withdrew after dislocating his shoulder in practice... Blake Baggett did not suit up due to a painful ganglion cyst on his throttle hand... An undisclosed "health issue" prevented Derek Drake from suiting up at Pala... Privateer Coty Schock (FXR/Chaparral Honda), of Dover, Delaware, cracked the top 10 in the second 450MX moto and overall with 12-10 motos. Marvin Musquin is still feeling the effects of two hard crashes earlier in the season. Lately he's been fast but not for an entire moto. He finished out the 450MX Championship in third.