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ing the championship was es-
sentially a tossup. Roczen's 1-2
in Indiana, combined with a 2-9
by Dungey, means that Roczen
leaves Indiana with a 20-point
lead in the championship with just
a single round remaining. Barring
a complete collapse in Utah this
coming Saturday, Roczen will
become the 2014 Lucas Oil 450
Briefly...
most popular races on the circuit.
There were an estimated 3,000
truckloads of organic material mix
and sand brought in over the past
five months in order to help con-
struct the national track.
Jeremy Martin's 250 Motocross
Championship marked the first time
in 22 years a Yamaha rider has won
that title. The last time was in 1992
when Jeff Emig won the then AMA
125cc Motocross Championship.
Yamaha's last 450 title came in 2007
with Grant Langston.
By becoming a national champion
Jeremy Martin now places his
name alongside fellow Minnesota
motocross legends Donny Schmit
and Ryan Dungey. When asked why
the state with such a short riding
season has produced motocross
champions he replied, "The Min-
nesota racing community is really
strong. You wouldn't think it would
be like that, but we have a strong dis-
trict (AMA District 23) and we have a
lot of riders and a good series. There
are a lot of people racing and trying
to make it coming out of Minnesota.
It's cool to see. It was always the kids
from California, Texas or Florida, who
were always coming up and winning.
So it's pretty cool that even coming
from Minnesota we still can win."
Martin admitted he wasn't as tough
as some of the old-school racers
from Minnesota. He spends his off-
season training in Florida at Ricky
Carmichael's facility. "I'm not like
Donny Schmit," Martin smiled when
thinking about the late-great World
Champion from his home state. "He
used to stud up his tires and build
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