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there with me going one-two," shrugged Hampshire afterwards. "Unfortunately, things happen and it's tough but you kind of have to take it and try to build off it. I felt like today should have been a 1-1 day and we were onto something, but I know we're in a good spot, just need to keep our head up and looking forward to RedBud." Hampshire had a terrible start in the second moto and could not match his first-moto pace, but he did salvage an eighth-place finish. of fun just fighting with the guys on the track." As for his second-moto battle for the overall, as well as the points lead, with Roczen, Fer- randis was very complimentary of his opponent. "For me, he's one of the best guys in the world, and you want the best guys in the world to be there fighting with you for the championship. When he wasn't there [outdoors] the last couple of years, but now he's back and there is a lot of adrenal- in when you're passing back and forth with a guy like him." "I raced hard all the way to the end," said Roczen. "Obviously, Dylan, he's really good right now and I made the pass stick once, and he got me back, but I had a lot of fun out there just racing in front of the fans with Dylan. You can't win them all but all I wanted was to charge to the end and try my hardest. It sucks I'm only fourth [overall], but I felt like I rode good today." 250MX National The first 250MX moto appeared to be a done deal for RJ Hamp- shire after the Floridian moved up from third off the start to pass both Monster Energy/Star Racing Yamaha's Justin Cooper and his younger Husky teammate Swoll. He was pulling away in the final quarter of the race when his chain broke, costing him what seemed like a sure win in front of Swoll. "That was honestly the best I've ever felt, just clicking laps off, and it was cool to have Jalek up MOTOCROSS LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 3 / JUNE 19, 2021 HIGH POINT RACEWAY / MOUNT MORRIS, PENNSYLVANIA P64 Justin Cooper won the second 250MX moto. and '01)… The best lap time of the first 450MX moto was the winner Adam Cianciarulo's 2:06:006; the fastest second moto time was Eli Tomac's blistering 2:03.580, more than a half-second faster than anyone else…The fastest lap in the first 250MX moto was Club MX Yamaha privateer Garrett March- banks' 2:07.699, which he did on the sixth lap. Second 250MX moto winner Justin Cooper had the best lap time of the day with a 2:06.435, which came on the seventh lap… As Ferrandis is French and Roc- zen from Germany, they did used to compete once a year growing up at a big race in France called MX Master Kids. Each won—Fer- randis on his Yamaha YZ80, and Roczen on a Suzuki RM80. Also, when Ferrandis rode his first Grand Prix (Italy 2011), it happened to be Roczen's last in Europe, as the newly crowned MX2 World Cham- pion was set to move to America for 2012. Roczen rode a KTM 125 and finished fifth in the first moto; Fer- randis finished ninth on a Kawasaki KX250F. Briefly...