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played cat-and-mouse in moto two which allowed the lurking Tomac to pounce from third to first in just a few corners. He took the lead near the halfway mark and never looked back. "I felt like I was just fighting the ruts in moto one," Tomac said. "Then in moto two, I felt like I had the better lines on the track and was able to make things work and make the lines feel right." Sexton almost looked unbeat- able on Saturday. Almost. The current points leader has put himself on the podium at every 450MX It took Eli Tomac four rounds to finally seal the deal on an overall win. After coming oh-so-close in his home state of Colorado, Tomac put on a classic perfor- mance to steal the show with 2-1 finishes in Pennsylvania. Tomac rode a solid first moto and hovered just inside the top five for most of the race. By the time he dropped the ham- mer and pushed up to second place, the leader, Chase Sex- ton, was already too far gone. A safe second kept Tomac in play for the day's overall. The leaders ROUND 4 / JUNE 18, 2022 HIGH POINT RACEWAY / MT. MORRIS, PENNSYLVANIA P64 MOTOCROSS I LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP MYOWNRACE 5 RYAN DUNGEY 5TH (6-4) 450MX Ryan Dungey holeshot moto two of the 450MX class and led the opening laps to the crowd's approval. He ba led in po- dium conten on but finished just shy with fi h overall. "This week we made prog- ress with the bike, and it really translated to the weekend," he said. "I didn't get a great start in the first moto, but I was happy that we made a lot of passes and came through the pack. I got off to that good start in moto two, and it was so nice to just get clean air and run up there with the fast guys. The setup felt good, track felt good, and it was nice to be up front and one step closer to the podium." 28 CHRISTIAN CRAIG 8TH (8-6) 450MX Chris an Craig was knocking on the door for a podium in the second moto and found himself in a freight train of riders. "Our day started off all right," he said. "I felt pre y good in prac ce and qualified seventh, which wasn't bad. We went into the day wan ng to put in two solid motos, and that's what we did. In the first moto, I didn't have any flow with the track, but, in the second moto, I was able to rebound and ba le up towards the front and went 8-6 on the day. I didn't have the best ride, but we were ba ling,