MOTOCROSS
LUCAS OIL AMA MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 5 / JULY 10, 2021
THE WICK 338 / SOUTHWICK, MASSACHUSETTS
P62
said, without revealing what exactly
it was that had him kicking at his
rear wheel in the signaling area.
Tomac, once again, saved his
best for last. He struggled to put in
consistent laps and find his rhythm
in the first moto, ending up with
an eighth-place finish. But in the
second moto, he put it all together
and then some. He turned the fast-
est race laps of the afternoon with
a 2:16.573. The next closest was
the early leader Roczen's 2:18.142
while building an early lead.
As for Ferrandis, he did not
get the start that he wanted, and
as he charged through the pack
his team began to notice smoke
coming from the engine. Wor-
ried that he might be losing his
clutch, they signaled to him to
SAVING THE DAY
Tropical Storm Elsa wreaked havoc
on the East Coast, traveling from
the Gulf of Mexico up through New
England over the course of the
week leading up to the event. It was
expected to hit the Southwick area
on Friday afternoon, which led some
teams to fly in their riders and race
staff early, just in case the nearby
Bradley Airport in Hartford, Connecti-
cut, were to be shut down. The storm
did, in fact, hit on Friday, drenching
the area and the racetrack. Fortu-
nately, the sandy Southwick track
had been sealed by the track crew,
allowing the water to run off and then
get soaked up by the sand, turning
what might have been a mudder
anywhere else into an excellent race-
track Saturday afternoon. Among the
dozer operators were a couple of
New England's racing legends, John
Dowd (left) and Doug Henry.
LOCALS' TIME (NOT)
TO SHINE
Morning qualifying at Southwick of-
ten leads to lots of locals in the first
250 group qualifying, as they know
Briefly...
Justin Barcia had his best race of
the season for third overall.
