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mistake and I lost my clutch
lever, so after that, I was just
working my way home for the
last four laps."
Adam Cianciarulo was fifth.
"I can't say I'm super stoked on
my results, but I am happy with
the progress my team and I are
making," said Cianciarulo. "This
is always a brutal track, so I'm
glad that we were able to hold a
steady pace."
In the absence of most fac
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tory riders, privateers filled out
the rest of the top-10 with Ty
Masterpool, a last-minute entry
in the 450 ranks, leading Derek
Drake, Jerry Robin, Venezuela's
Lorenzo Locurcio and Spaniard
Jose Butron in the overall.
Just two rounds into the
Plessinger battle for most of the
day, swapping scores with the
other two riders, but getting the
best of them in moto two with
a second behind Lawrence A
fourth and a second gave Webb
the final spot on the podium, his
first of the year.
"That second moto was great
for me," Webb said. "It was
definitely a difficult track to pass
on. It helped me though, to latch
in and get to know the pace and
really get my outdoor legs again.
I struggled in the first moto, but
we made a bike change [to the
fork] for that second one that
really helped."
A late-race crash dropped
Plessinger to sixth in the race
and fourth overall. [I made] a
SEXTON'S SHOCKER
Team Honda HRC announced
earlier in the week that Chase
Sexton would be sitting out the
Hangtown Motocross Classic
after suffering a concussion in a
practice crash. "As you guys saw I
had a big one during qualifying at
Pala, then another one on Tues-
day this week that banged me up
pretty good," he said in a release.
"Nothing broken, just need a few
days to get back to 100%." A
report from the team added that
Sexton was also diagnosed with
mono, and the decision was made
to have him take time off to re-
cover. A return date has not been
announced, but Team Manager
Lars Lindstrom hinted at Sexton
being back for round three.
Briefly...
Hunter Lawrence
got better as the day
wore on and claimed
the 250MX overall.
