LUCAS OIL PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 51 ISSUE 21 MAY 28, 2014 P47
and no one could catch him,
though Roczen got close right at
the end.
Grant shot his JGRMX YZ450F
to the front of the pack at the start
of moto one and quickly opened
up a comfortable lead that he
kept for most of the race. Grant,
who hails from nearby Riverside
and is no stranger to the Glen
Helen track, certainly had the
speed to win but would his stam-
ina hold up? The last time he led
a moto, on a super-hot day at the
Lake Elsinore National, he wilted
at the end of the moto and sat out
the second moto. This time, how-
ever, he looked strong the whole
way, though Roczen nearly got
him at the end.
Grant looked fresh at the start
of the second moto and was
hoping for a repeat, but a big-
time cartwheel in the rough sand
section sent him back to the me-
chanics area with a bent bike. He
got going again and was making
headway before he bobbled and
stalled the bike and had to start
all over again. All his effort was
worth it, though, as his 1-15 plac-
ing gave him fifth overall and a
strong start to the series.
"The first moto was great,"
Grant said, "but it was something
that I expected from myself. I
knew where I stood. The remain-
der of Supercross, I just wanted
to get through healthy because
I knew I could shine in the out-
Briefly...
GEICO Honda's Zach Bell returned
to racing after getting injured in Su-
percross.
"The first race was going really well;
in fact I got the holeshot," Bell said. "I
was riding my own pace and getting
into the groove of everything. Jeremy
Martin got around me and we ended
up battling back and forth for a while,
which was fun. At one point, I was go-
ing down the big hill and a rock got
stuck in my chain and that stalled out
the bike. I hit false neutral a few times,
and it just knocked the wind out of me
and I fell back. The second moto just
kind of was a so-so race, but I'm glad
I'm healthy and feeling good. After be-
ing out for a while, it was good to be
back on the bike and avoid injury."
Blake Baggett
and Christophe
Pourcel had a
great battle in
the first 250
moto.
