VOL. 50 ISSUE 23 JUNE 11, 2013
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Briefly...
Bell, Jeremy Martin, Justin Bogle
and Eli Tomac as holeshot winners
so far this year. There is currently
a five-rider tie atop the Motorcycle
Superstore Holeshot Championship points after four events.
In the 450 class, Muscle Milk
Honda's Justin Barcia extended
his Holeshot points lead in moto
one. He's now up three points on
James Stewart in the season
standings. "Definitely holeshots are
key," Barcia said. "We'll just keep
charging, trying to get those holeshots. It's pretty good to get out
there first." Josh Grant grabbed
the holeshot in moto two, which put
him into third place in the Holeshot
standings. "This year has been a
bit of a struggle for me," Grant said
from the podium. "I'm coming off
an injury, but I'm so glad to be out
here and to be up for this Holeshot
Award."
Justin Barcia (51)
continues to get good
starts but he's yet to
hold on for a win. But
he's close.
that only those who have ridden
motocross can truly appreciate complete confidence in his own
abilities and trust of his motorcycle. High Point attendees truly
witnessed a melding of man and
machine into one.
Those leaning over the fences,
waving t-shirts in encouragement, saw the wide eyes of Mar-
Ryan Villopoto gained six more
points and is now holding a 16-point
lead in the 450-class championship over Ryan Dungey, defending series champ, (193-177).
Second-ranked Eli Tomac lost
nine points to 250-class leader
Ken Roczen. Roczen now holds
a 15-point lead over Tomac in the
series standings after four rounds
(185-170). Tomac was asked how
far down in the points would it
take before he felt it was crunch
time in the championship chase.
"You don't want to get behind by
more than one moto at the halfway
point," Tomac said. "You want to
stay as close as you can. It looks
like it's easy to lose the points in the
beginning of the series, at least in
the past seasons I've raced. We're
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