SEPTEMBER 29, 2013
TEUTSCHENTHAL CIRCUIT/TEUTSCHENTHAL, GERMANY
MOTOCROSS
P46
2013 67TH MONSTER ENERGY MOTOCROSS OF NATIONS
In 1995, Belgium won.
Pound-for-pound, in the era of
US motocross dominance, Belgium has proven to be the greatest threat to Team USA. In the 11
MXoN events where Team USA
didn't win since 1981, that tiny
country of Belgium has now won
six times.
Moto 1: MX1+MX2
This year, the Teutschenthal Circuit in Germany seemed to provide a more equal playing field
than last year's sand pit in Belgium. The track was more hardpacked but had its own unique
soil and terrain. The German
team was hoping to back up last
year's surprising win with another
on their home soil, but a repeat
performance didn't seem likely
this time around and would indeed not materialize, though the
German fans had plenty to be
excited about through out the
course of the day.
What also didn't seem likely
was Australia's fast start to this
year's race, which they did experience.
For the first time in the history
of the event, Team Australia came
into Sunday at the Motocross of
Nations as the top qualifier by
virtue of MX1 team captain Brett
Metcalfe winning the MX1 qualifying heat on Saturday over Team
USA's Ryan Dungey, and full-time
MX2 racer Dean Ferris finishing
second in the MX2 qualifier behind Germany's wunderkind Ken
Roczen.
Ferris showed it wasn't a fluke
in the MX1/MX2 opening moto,
snatching the holeshot on his
YZ250F in front of Swiss speedster Valentin Guillod, Roczen,
Great Britain's MX1 star Tommy
Searle, Belgium's Jeremy van
Horebeek, and the rest of the
field. Belgium's Ken de Dycker
rounded lap one in 15th, just
in front of Dungey and his USA
teammate Eli Tomac.
Dungey made great strides
forward right away, and Tomac
Germany's Ken
Roczen was the
top MX2 rider for
the fourth year
in a row.
