Tomac is showing everyone
that he's hard to beat. After a
wild end to the third main event
last weekend, some questioned
if Star Racing Yamaha's Tomac
reached his breaking point with
pressure from Chase Sexton,
Cooper Webb and Jason An
-
derson. The points leader and
defending champ put any of
those whispers to rest on Sat
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urday, as he led every lap of the
main event, even with a restart.
Tomac did what he does, run
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ning solid mistake-free laps at
the front of the field.
Honda HRC's Sexton came
close for a time, but the champ
stayed consistent in the lead
and never wavered. Houston
marked Tomac's third win in
four starts as he extended his
points lead to seven.
"There was no time to rest at
all," Tomac said. "That's racing
though, you're just marking guys
and watching them. Good thing
the lapped traffic wasn't bad
tonight and the track was open
and fast. But yeah, I never felt at
ease, I can tell you that."
Sexton is right on target
and came home second to
Tomac on Saturday night. The
Honda rider is fresh off a win
at Anaheim 2 and carried that
momentum into the night show
with a qualifying time just over
one second faster than second
place. Sexton won his heat
and worked his way into stalk
-
ing Tomac for the entire main
event. At times, the 23-machine
looked to be closing on the
number-three but small mis
-
takes never allowed Sexton to
secure a pass. The two would
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7 AARON PLESSINGER
4TH 450SX
Aaron Plessinger looked like he could
ba le for the win on Saturday up un l the
race was red flagged. "I got another unreal
start in the main, and I was duking it out
for the lead when the race was unfortu-
nately red-flagged. Off the staggered start,
I slid out a li le in the first turn and lost a
posi on, then another rider got around
me soon a erward. I got my bearings
back and started charging, then despite a
couple of li le mistakes, I finished the race
at a good pace in a P4 posi on."
31 MICHAEL MOSIMAN
6TH 250SX EAST
Michael Mosiman has been considered
a favorite in the 250 class but finished
outside the top five in round one. "For
the first round of the East, I had an all-
right day. My pace and fitness are good. I
thought I had a lot of strengths, but I just
need to clean up the starts and I can do
that. It's unfortunate. P6 is not where we
want to be star ng out, but I warm up
quick."
