ROUND 3/JUNE 1, 2013
MUDDY CREEK RACEWAY/BLOUNTVILLE, TENNESSEE
MOTOCROSS
P68
LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
back in 13th at the end of the first
lap but rode hard to get the win.
"I have to say it's my starts,"
said Tomac. "In the second moto
I got the start and I won. In the
first moto, I had a big ol' squirrely
moment and kind of wheelied and
ended up getting hit on my swingarm and got pushed across into a
couple of guys. I was very close to
going down. So I got a really bad
start in the first moto and when
you get buried off the start in this
class, it's really hard to wick back
up. It was pretty warm, so it wasn't
easy to work up."
While first motos have been
bad for Tomac, second motos
have been a problem for Roczen
the last two weeks. After taking a
strong win in the opening moto,
the Red Bull KTM rider got off to
(Above) Ken Roczen went from
seventh to first in the opening 250
moto.
(Right) Villopoto (2) won his fifth
straight moto in the first outing.
a bad start in moto two and then
later went down.
"Actually, I felt pretty good in
the second moto, I just didn't get
a good start," said Roczen. "I
was about midpack after the start
and I was working my way up, but
then I think it was on the second
lap I went down on the top of that
hill and it unbuckled my boot, and
it was kind of weird trying to ride
like that. My boot was filling with
rocks and dirt and it was really a
strange feeling. It was definitely
a distraction, but I'm not going to
use that as an excuse. I worked
back up to third, but right before
the end I made a mistake and
went off the track and that's why
Blake Baggett went by."
Roczen still controls the
250-class points lead, although
by just six points over Tomac with
a lot of racing left on the schedule.
CN
450 OVERALL
1. Ryan Dungey (KTM) 3-1
2. Justin Barcia (Hon) 2-2
3. Ryan Villopoto (Kaw) 1-4
4. James Stewart (Suz) 4-6
5. Mike Alessi (Suz) 6-5
6. Clement Desalle (Suz) 5-9
7. Kevin Strijbos (Suz) 14-7
