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right off the start, finished out the day fifth over-
all. "I hit the deck pretty hard," Sexton said. "I
couldn't catch my breath; I had the wind knocked
out of me. I just tried to salvage what I could."
Ferrandis, who seemed just off his usual pace
at Unadilla, finished third while under pressure by
Musquin. Usually, it's Ferrandis who is doing the
pressuring at the end of motos, so this was a bit
of a turnaround for Ferrandis. Still, it was an okay
day for the Yamaha rider who nabbed second
overall but saw Roczen dig into his points lead
by eight points. Ferrandis still has a comfortable
39-point lead over Roczen in the championship.
So, if this was one of Ferrandis' "bad" days, he
came out of it okay.
"I came here to win, but second overall was
the best I could do today," Ferrandis said. "The
track was just wild! It was so technical and so
hard to ride and go fast. We didn't have the pace,
and Ken was way too strong. I saw after the first
MYOWNRACE
me to make sure everything was fine,
and I lost connec on with him. In the
second moto, I put myself in a good posi-
on, but I was never capable of pu ng
an a ack on Dylan for third. Trying to pass
the lappers was pre y tough with all the
ruts and I couldn't do much more."
45 PIERCE BROWN
36TH (29-DNF) 250MX
Just how bad was it for the TLD/GasGas
Team? With Barcia and Mosiman already
sidelined, Pierce Brown's 29-DNF was the
team's best result of the day. "I fell on
the first lap and then a couple laps later, I
kind of had a big one, and it shook me up
a li le bit, but I got back up and finished
the moto in 29th," said Brown. "For moto
two, I was ready to come out swinging,
but it was a tough one as well. I came
together with some guys off the start
and went down. I was already buried, so
I was trying to be calm and make my way
through the pack and a couple laps in, I
hit a really bad kicker in one of the jumps
in the back part of the track and went
over the bars. I tried to save it, but I just
couldn't pull it through. It was a big one.
I hit my head pre y hard and my le
shoulder, so that put me out for the day."
(Left) Chase Sexton crashed hard
at the start of the first 450MX
moto, thinking momentarily that
he had broken some ribs. But he
came back from last to go 11-2 on
the day for fifth overall.
