ROUND 5/JUNE 22, 2013
BUDDS CREEK/MECHANICSVILLE, MARYLAND
MOTOCROSS
P56
2013 LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
Tomac reeled off a 2:00.376,
a 2:01.924, a 2:00.770, and a
1:59.823, putting him right on
the Pro Circuit duo. Then, as if
he was completely unstoppable,
Tomac went by both of the Pro
Circuit riders while putting in his
fastest lap of the race on lap 11, a
1:59.289!
Baggett followed Tomac past
Durham and tried to latch onto
Tomac, but he couldn't. Stuck
in Durham's pace, Baggett was
forced to watch as Tomac laid
down another sub-two-minute
lap – a 1:59.771 – and then a
2:00.382. At that point, Baggett
was broken, and Tomac was
gone, snaring his third-consecutive moto-two win at non-WMX
events.
"I think I am in really good
shape for the second motos, but
for the first motos, for me, I just
need to be the one that's getting
the better starts and making the
passes earlier," Tomac said. "But
like I said before, everyone is
more fresh [in moto one], so it's
tougher to do that. The first motos are disappointing for me this
year, that's all I can say."
Baggett hung on for second,
and his 1-2 score was enough to
land him his first overall victory of
the year. He may have been hampered a bit by an upset stomach
in moto two as well, as that was
the given reason that he didn't
show up to the press conference
after the race and wasn't available for comment in the pits either.
Durham hung on for third in
front of GEICO Honda's Zach
Osborne and Hahn, then came
Roczen, who rounded lap one in
seventh and finished sixth, just in
front of Musquin.
In the points chase, considerable damage was done to Roczen's lead. His 15-point lead over
Tomac was cut to just nine points
as we head to Southwick for
round six of 12. But perhaps an
even bigger deal as we go later
into the season and are likely to
encounter more and more hot
and humid races, the defending
champ Baggett came into Budds
Creek fully 44 points in arrears of
Roczen and gained 12 points in
one event, putting him 32 points
back with 350 points still up for
grabs in the remaining seven
rounds.
Next week's event at Southwick is the final WMX event of the
season, and Roczen definitely
rips in the sand, but after that it's
going to be all faster race schedules for the points leader. CN
450 OVERALL
1.Ryan Dungey (KTM) 2-1
2. Ryan Villopoto (Kaw) 1-2
3. Trey Canard (Hon) 6-4
4. Malcolm Stewart (Hon) 9-3
5. Justin Barcia (Hon) 4-8
6. Justin Brayton (Yam) 7-7
7. Broc Tickle (Suz) 10-5
8. Jake Weimer (Kaw) 8-10
9. Phil Ncoletti (Yam) 15-6
10. Andrew Short (KTM) 12-9
250 OVERALL
1. Blake Baggett (Kaw) 1-2
2. Eli Tomac (Hon) 5-1
3. Marvin Musquin (KTM) 2-7
4. Ken Roczen (KTM) 3-6
5. Wil Hahn (Hon) 6-5
6. Jason Anderson (Suz) 4-11
7. Darryn Durham (Kaw) 13-3
8. Kyle Cunningham (Yam) 7-9
9. Zach Osborne (Hon) 17-4
10. Justin Hill (Kaw) 10-10
