WHERE'S MOSIMAN?
Michael Mosiman led the first seven
laps of the 250SX East main event at
Indy 2 when a lapper crashed in front
of him, collecting the GasGas rider.
Mosiman nearly went down but lost
the lead to Colt Nichols. He would
go on to finish third. Mosiman quali-
fied third a few days later at Indy 3
but never showed up for the evening
program! Mosiman, as it turned out,
crashed late in the final qualifying
session and broke his hand. "I made
a stupid move at the end of the last
practice and I seem to have broken
my hand in three places," he said
Saturday. "I qualified third, was rid-
ing great, looking to get my first win
here tonight but looks like it's going
to need surgery. I'm super bummed
and disappointed."
OLDENBURG
BATTLES AMA
A confusing situation arose Tues-
day night when Mitch Oldenburg
(Muc-Off Honda) crashed spectacu-
larly out of his heat race when his
bike's engine malfunctioned over
a jump. His team quickly swapped
out the bike's engine with a new
one but was not allowed to line up
for the LCQ, because AMA officials
thought his bike's frame and/or
complete motorcycle had been re-
placed, which is against AMA rules.
The AMA, however, later realized its
mistake and let Oldenburg line up
for the main event, but behind the
22-rider gate, since there were no
spots available for him. However,
when Jett Lawrence made the
last-second decision not to race
because of his injured shoulder,
Oldenburg was allowed to take his
spot on the starting grid. The AMA
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a lock on the championship,
the Yamaha rider made a rare
mistake and went down while
leading on the first lap of the
main event at Indy 3. His cham-
pionship poise was put to the
test on this night and he passed
with flying colors. Completing
the first lap in dead last, Nichols
didn't panic and came through
250SX East Indy 3 Highlights
