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Mosiman fourth. The big change was a good start by Monster En- ergy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Austin Forkner, who has been struggling all summer so far. However, he was third and would stay in the top five the whole moto. And, once again, both Lawrence brothers had poor starts, and this time it would badly bite Jett when he got caught up in a big crash. Fifth-place Pierce Brown and sixth- place RJ Hampshire came togeth- er on the exit of a turn, at a small step-up jump which did not have the caution lights nor a wheels- on-the-ground flag, and both went down. As Brown got to his feet, Jett Lawrence slammed into him, and the carnage began. Garrett Marchbanks, Stilez Robertson and Jarrett Frye all piled on, while oth- cheering me on kept me going, and now we will see if we can go 'beast mode' again for moto two." "I got a good start like I want- ed, then started to pull away and make a push," said Cooper. "But then I locked up a bit on the bike, was riding kind of tight and it caught up to me. Jeremy caught me at that point. He was riding really good." "It's very satisfying," said Mosi- man of his first moto podium of the year, "but I've still got some work to do. I'm looking for more. After watching Justin [Barcia] out there crushing it, I was like, 'Man, I'm go- ing to follow right in his lead.'" The second moto started out like the first one finished, with Martin grabbing the holeshot this time, with Cooper second and mistakes. Not a good moto, but I dug deep to get back and saved some good points." 250MX Justin Cooper holeshot the first 250MX moto with his rookie teammate Nathan Thrasher second, Red Bull/KTM's Max Vohland third, and Martin fourth. But then in the sand whoops, Vohland went across the front of Thrasher going into a corner, sending the Yamaha rider to the ground. Thrasher retired from the race holding his right shoulder. Neither of the Lawrence brothers, Jett nor last weekend's Southwick winner Hunter, got a good start, and they spent the rest of the moto trying to scram- ble as best they could. Jett got as high as fourth and Hunter fifth. Martin got by Vohland, but then the rookie passed the veteran back in the second set of sand whoops. By the time Martin got him the second time, Cooper had opened a five-second lead. But then Martin busted out a fast lap to erase Cooper's lead. With three laps to go they came down Mount Martin side by side and wide open. Martin curved in from the outside and out-braked Cooper at the bottom to take the lead, much to the home crowd's approval. Then he rode off with what would be his 37th career 250MX moto win. "At about 20 minutes in I was definitely hurting," said Martin. "I haven't really been doing motos because of my wrist and this bro- ken hand, but the fans out there MOTOCROSS LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 6 / JULY 17, 2021 SPRING CREEK MX PARK / MILLVILLE, MINNESOTA P64 Austin Forkner broke out of his slump, finally showing his true potential by finishing fourth in the second 250MX moto. It was his first top-five moto finish of the year. Prior to that, his best moto result in the last five motos was a 12th.