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soft, so it had some huge brak-
ing bumps. I'm so pumped that
the fans were all there; they kept
me charging! I'm happy with my
riding right now, but I've got to
capitalize on those opportunities
to get the win."
Roczen was also in it until
he had a big crash right after
LaRocco's Leap, cartwheeling
in the sand and dropping from
third, just ahead of Ferrandis,
back to sixth. He would end up
with fourth overall.
"I just tucked the front, and
it went left-right-left on me, and
it just flipped me over," said
Roczen after the race. "I folded
myself up, and as I was crash-
ing, I braced my body. But as I
was getting up, I had a gnarly
cramp in my calf. I was just wait-
ing there for a second, trying
to stretch it out. After that I had
"I was in a real dog fight the
first moto but hearing the crowd
cheering and screaming helped
me keep pushing. We switched
my rear tire to Dunlop's paddle
tire after the first practice, which
gave me a bit more pace. I'm
feeling a lot like my old self on
the bike again and think I'm
ready to get back to consistently
battling for podiums and wins."
"I had a great day!" said the
ever-enthusiastic Plessinger,
who reached the podium with
3-3 finishes for third overall, then
wore a sleeveless American flag
shirt up on the box. "It was so
much fun being back at Red-
Bud. The bike felt great all day
long, and I put myself in good
positions in both motos but just
didn't capitalize on it for the win.
The track got really rough during
the second moto. It was pretty
WILSON BRUISED
BUT OKAY
Dean Wilson (Rockstar Energy
Husqvarna) had a hard crash two laps
from the end of the first 450MX moto
and did not return for the second
moto. "It's a disappointing way to
end the weekend," Wilson said. "We
were looking for a good first moto and
with just two laps to go, I drug [the
footpegs] off a rut on the tabletop and
I had to step over the bars. It hap-
pened so fast, and I landed on my
feet, luckily, but I bruised my inside
organs a little bit. Unfortunately, I have
to sit today out, which is hard to take
because I want to get good finishes
and keep getting better. But unfortu-
nately, we had this. We'll see if we can
make next weekend."
FERRANDIS'
PLAYGROUND
Dylan Ferrandis has now won three
different times at RedBud since arriving
in America in 2017. Three years ago, he
was part of the winning French team at
the '18 FIM Motocross of Nations, and
then in '19 he won the 250 National
class. In last year's Labor Day double-
header, he placed fourth and second
on his way to the 250 Pro Motocross
title. His 450 win on Saturday allowed
him to extend his series points lead
to 13 over Ken Roczen after four of 12
rounds.
FIRST TO 10TH
Jalek Swoll, winner of the last 250
round at High Point, had an off-day
in his first race since getting his first
career professional win, finishing 10th
overall with 8-14 moto scores. "I feel
like today could have been good,
but I found myself on the ground too
many times," said the Floridian. "It's
all good, I know I have the pace to
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