do for these last two rounds,
and we checked the first box.
Now we need to go to Salt Lake
City and do the same thing."
Roczen didn't need to win
to keep the red plate, but his
championship lead has shrunk
to just one point with one round
to go. The Progressive Suzuki
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the best, but the feeling was awesome. I
passed a lot of good guys; the bike was
really, really good. Just need to stop
making little mistakes."
36 GARRETT MARCH-
BANKS 7TH 450SX
Garrett Marchbanks matched his
season-best finish with seventh
overall. "I got another solid start in
the main event and just focused on
putting in some good laps," he said.
"Once Chase [Sexton] got around
me, I just latched on and knew if I
could stay with him, we'd make some
passes, and that's what we did. We
got helped out a bit with some guys
tipping over at the end, but that's part
of it. Another seventh-place finish,
which I'm pretty pumped on."
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6TH 250SX WEST
Lux Turner grabbed his first top 10 of
the season with a career-best sixth in
the 250 main event. "I'm so pumped
to finally get a decent result where I
belong," he said. "It was a super fun
weekend, qualifying was good, and I
brought that speed into the main event.
I'm going to get back to work this week
and keep building. I want to give a
massive shout-out to Bradley Taft for
the last month of grinding we put in. I'm
happy to show it off, but we ain't done."
ness in Denver and is now just
one point behind Roczen going
into the final round.
"I felt good, and the bike was
working good; it was giving me
what I needed," Lawrence said.
"It was a tough track, and there
wasn't much traction out there.
Everyone knows what I need to
A second-place finish
sees Ken Roczen hold
the red plate by one point
going into the finale.
