MOTOCROSS
LUCAS OIL PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 1/MAY 24, 2014
GLEN HELEN RACEWAY/SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA
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Helen. Bad starts, however, held
him back a bit. He started off
in 13
th
in the first 250 moto and
soon found himself locked in a
duel with Christophe Pourcel for
seventh. At one point, he had
the pass all but sealed on the
Frenchman when a lapper sud-
denly blocked his line, causing
Baggett to hit the brakes, which
wasn't enough to keep him from
hitting the lapper's back wheel.
Although Baggett didn't go down,
the slowdown was just enough to
let Pourcel get away and had to
settle for eighth.
Baggett got off to a much bet-
ter start in the second moto and
finished a strong third for fourth
overall. It was, however, the only
highpoint of the Monster Ener-
gy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki Team's
day, with Baggett's teammates
Justin Hill crashing a few times
and Dean Wilson going down
with a serious leg injury.
"I expected a bit more from
myself," said Baggett. "But I'm
happy to get the season started
off decent. The track was super
rough, but didn't provide as many
lines as I thought it would, which
made it difficult to move forward.
"It by no means was easy out
there, but we battled all day and
tried to take advantage of any
opportunity that was given to
us," added Baggett. "The bike
was working great, but every-
one came out swinging and the
competition was tough. I wish we
could have been on the box, but
we showed what we're capable
of and we'll build on this heading
into next weekend."
POURCEL'S RETURN
One of the biggest question
marks going into the Glen Helen
National regarding the 250 class
was Christophe Pourcel's return
to the National circuit: How would
he do? We all know what he's ca-
pable of doing but ever since win-
ning two World titles in the MX2
Cole Seely was off everyone's
radar coming into the Glen Helen
race. Now he's on everyone's
mind after finishing third overall in
the 250 class.
