enough and I struggled."
Finishing fifth overall—his
best outing so far this sum-
mer—was Red Bull KTM's
Cooper Webb. The AMA Su-
percross Champion is starting
to show improvement and
more speed with the work
he's doing.
250MX
The early leader in the first
250 moto was Rockstar
Husqvarna's Jalek Swoll, win-
ner of the third round of the
series at High Point. He was
soon overtaken by his team-
mate RJ Hampshire, winner
of the last round at RedBud in
Michigan. As a matter of fact,
Hampshire held the early lead
in both motos at Southwick
and appeared to be the fast-
est man on the track, but in
both cases he crashed, con-
tinuing an unfortunate habit
for the Rockstar Husqvarna
rider.
GasGas rider Michael Mo-
siman inherited the lead from
Hampshire in the first moto
but then he also crashed
while leading, under pressure
by Hunter Lawrence. From
there Hampshire would try to
mount another run at the lead
but Lawrence stayed at the
front until the checkered flag.
Swoll also went down. He
MOTOCROSS
LUCAS OIL AMA MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 5 / JULY 10, 2021
THE WICK 338 / SOUTHWICK, MASSACHUSETTS
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the NESC (New England Sports Commit-
tee) motocross royalty spotted at the race
included 29-time NESC number-one Jim
Meenan, Jo Jo Keller, who won a 500cc
National moto here in 1982 as a privateer,
and Mike Treadwell, who is still overcoming
a big crash from earlier this year that left him
in the hospital for 41 days… Jo Shimoda's
second-place overall finish is the best ever
in Lucas Oil Pro Motocross for a Japanese
rider… GNCC star Kailub Russell had a
much better day at Southwick than he did at
RedBud, even though he lost his shifter in
a first-lap crash in moto one and had to pit
for a new one. He recovered for 24th place
and then 16th in the second moto for 18th
overall... Former two-time 250 champion
Jeremy Martin crashed on the first lap in
both motos. He scrambled for 11-14 moto
scores and 13th overall.
Briefly...
Jo Shimoda (left) got on the
outdoor podium for the first
time in his young career.
