T
he 2014 Lucas Oil Pro
Motocross Championship
has been one of the most
diverse and exciting outdoor sea-
sons in quite some time. Through
10 rounds, 12 unique moto win-
ners have emerged across the
450 and 250 classes and nine
different riders have captured an
overall win. With the champion-
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Briefly...
Following a massive shift in momen-
tum, Ryan Dungey talked about
what it's like to battle with a team-
mate—Ken Roczen—in the champi-
onship chase. "I mean, yeah, it is the
first time with a teammate battling,
but I think at the end of the day when
everything going forward, you've just
got to do your own deal and focus on
yourself. Whether he's on my team or
another team he's a good rider, and
we all know that. You can't underes-
timate good guys like that because
they'll sneak up on you and surprise
you. But he's strong and now we
both have motorhomes so he's in
his and I'm doing my deal. And we
see each other right before we go to
the gate and on the gate, and that's
pretty much it these days. We're just
both in the middle of it and want to
do good. There's respect though, I
think that's the important thing. Not
a lot of friendship in motocross but
there's respect. That's a key thing."
Unadilla historically falls as the first
National after the Loretta Lynn's Ama-
teur National and this year saw three
recent graduates make the jump into
the professional ranks. Monster En-
ergy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Chris
Alldredge was the top-finishing
rookie with eighth overall (13-8). "I
didn't expect anything, so I kind
of expected the unexpected," All-
dredge admitted. "I had my thoughts
of what I was going to see. I've been
to a few of them and watched, but
it was definitely what I thought—noth-
ing surprised me. The track was a lot
more fun than what you see on TV, it
was so technical. I just had a blast."
CycleTrader.com/Rock River Ya-
maha's newest member, Luke Ren-
zland, finished seventeenth overall
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