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relaxed attendance of the Pala
Indian reservation, on which Fox
Raceway sits.
The 450cc class saw excel-
lent racing in both motos. First,
Tomac made one of his trade-
mark late charges in the first
moto, going from just inside the
top 10 to first with just two laps to
go, displacing the lead from his
younger teammate Cianciarulo,
with Sexton third and Christian
Craig a close fourth.
The second moto seemed
destined to became a win for the
surging Cianciarulo, but then he
threw the lead away with a late
mistake, opening the door to
carried into this outdoor season
and I came out swinging and
was able to take home a national
championship which is some-
thing I never ever dreamed of do-
ing, honestly. I felt it was way out
of my league. Dream big is the
moral of the story and don't ever
give up. Find people who believe
in you, even when you don't, and
just keep pressing on."
The ninth and final round of
the 2020 series was easily the
biggest, as a crowd that would
have been considered quite
large in normal years, perhaps
suffering through some cabin
fever, came out to the more
this last one's been really tough,"
said Osborne after tiptoeing
around the rough and choppy
Fox Raceway circuit. "You know,
you think of a million ways to
win and a million-and-one ways
to lose. It's a battle of good and
bad. I just have to give it up to
the Lord, I wouldn't be here with-
out his grace and mercy.
"I considered retiring in March
after I broke my back and my
wife kind of gave me a pep talk
and we decided against it,"
admitted Osborne. "We went
to Salt Lake (for Supercross),
against our better judgement,
that went well. It just kind of
hometown
future. In his
be more.
Eli Tomac (1) didn't cut his teammate and championship contender Adam Cianciarulo (9) any slack
at Pala. Tomac ran "AC" down and passed him for the lead and win in the first moto. Obviously, team
orders weren't in effect.
