LUCAS OIL PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
MOTOCROSS
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT PALMER
T
he start of the 2014 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross
Championship got off to a dramatic nail-biting
start with Red Bull KTM's Ryan Dungey making
a last-last lap pass on teammate Ken Roczen to steal
away the 450-class win at the Red Bull Glen Helen
National. It was a fitting conclusion to what was
an exciting and successful start to the 2014
outdoor season, with more than 27,000
fans packing the Glen Helen facility, which
hadn't seen a National since 2009, when
Dungey won the 250 class and went on to
win the 250 title that same year.
In the 250 class this time, 21-year-
old Jeremy Martin, on the Yamalube/
Star Racing Yamaha YZ250F, made
sure there was far less dramatics, as he ran off w i t h
the wins in both motos, making it look almost easy. He
ROUND 1/MAY 24, 2014
GLEN HELEN RACEWAY/SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA
P38
LAST-LAP PASS WINS IT FOR RYAN DUNGEY;
JEREMY MARTIN BLOWS 'EM AWAY IN 250S
DUNGEY! MARTIN!
captured both holeshots, and after some minor shuffling
during the first lap of both motos, the rider from Minne-
sota flat out blew everyone away, which was something
no one in attendance was really expecting, not with this
deeply stacked field that included two MX2 World Cham-
pions — Christophe Pourcel and Marvin Musquin — and
two former 250 National MX Champions — Blake Baggett
and Dean Wilson. There were also three 250 Supercross
Champions — Justin Bogle, Jason Anderson and Pourcel
— in the mix to make things even more interesting.
Not only was it a great day for the Red Bull KTM team,
with Dungey and Roczen finishing 1-2 overall in the 450
class, it was also a great day for the Yamalube/Star
Racing Yamaha Team and Yamaha in general. Martin's
250-class teammate Cooper Webb grabbed second
overall on the day and Toyota/JGRMX Yamaha's Josh
