LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 51 ISSUE 27 JULY 8, 2014 P51
championship hunt. He could,
however, be a spoiler.
And then there's Ryan Dungey
who got off to a great start to the
season with a win at the series
opener, but the Red Bull KTM
rider hasn't been able to match
that performance since, and he
seems to be just a tick off Roc-
zen and Canard's pace at the mo-
ment. Unfortunately for Dungey,
it's looking like it's going to take
more than just consistency to beat
out his teammate for the title.
And, of course, there's James
Stewart who can sweep any
race on the schedule on any
given day. After an impressive
1-1 showing at High Point, the
Yoshimura Suzuki rider has had
nothing but bad luck, not count-
ing his troubles and distractions
with the FIM.
During the first moto at Red-
Bud, Stewart had a second-lap
run-in with Josh Grant, which
put both riders on the ground
and tweaked Stewart's front
end to the point where he could
not continue. Another tip-over
at the start of moto two put
Stewart at the back of the pack
and he was only able to muster
a 12
th
-place finish by the end of
the race.
In the 250 class, Jeremy
Martin is back on track after a
couple of off weekends. He par-
layed a 1-2 moto finish into an
overall win at RedBud. The Yam-
alube/Star Racing Yamaha rider
was able to slow down Monster
Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki's
Blake Baggett, who's been on
fire lately, and extend his lead in
the championship chase to 23
over teammate Cooper Webb
and 28 over Baggett.
>>450 National
Kenny Rocks On
Roczen seems to be getting
better with each race. At Red-
Bud he showed he could come
Briefly...
team on a 450 along side Eli Tomac,
where he finished 14th. "I haven't
raced professionally in a while but
I've been practicing a lot for this
chance," Craig said. "It was a good
day overall," said Craig who went 14-
14. "I ended up 14th in the first moto
with a few of the typical tipovers and
mistakes but worked my way up
through them. In the second moto,
I was going a little better and run-
ning 11th but the laps started to wear
on me and I ended up 14th again.
I learned a lot today about what I
need to work on for the next race. I
haven't run a National event in more
than two years, so today I was focus-
ing on learning the bike and figuring
out changes that need to be made.
I definitely miss racing and have
been wanting to get back into it, so
I am very lucky to have this oppor-
tunity with GEICO Honda. I wanted
a top-15 finish, but now I see that I
should be top 10. That's my goal in
these next three races." The GEICO
Honda team is co-owned by Craig's
father-in-law, Jeff Majkrzak.
Team Honda Muscle Milk brought
in privateer Fredrik Noren to fill in
for the injured Justin Barcia at the
remaining rounds of the 2014 Lucas
Oil Pro Motocross Championship.
At RedBud, Noren finished 11th. "I
haven't had much time on the bike
at all, I only rode it once before this
weekend," said Noren. "I went down
Roczen gained a bunch of points
on his close rivals after winning
both 450 motos.
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