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squad. But a new team, a new
bike and some well-deserved
time off to take care of some old
injuries hasn't slowed him down
one bit. In fact, it might've even
made him faster.
Millsaps made the best of his
long-anticipated debut on the
Kawasaki KX450F. Millsaps
tallied the lowest combined
score of the night in the MEC's
unique three-moto format and
came away with the $100,000
(from the $250,000 purse)
that awaited the overall win-
ner at the end of the night. He
started off strong with a third-
place finish in the first moto,
slipped back a spot in the sec-
ond moto, and then capped off
the night with a dramatic win in
the third and final moto, edging
Briefly...
added that he's happy on the KTM.
"I feel way better on this new team;
the bike gels with me really well and
I'm really excited for the new season.
I had a lot of opportunities coming
into this year, a lot of them. I could've
stayed with my previous team, to go
to Factory Connection Honda, or
Rockstar, I could've gone wherever I
wanted and I chose KTM. I rode the
bike; I fell in love with the bike, the
team. Everything is easy right now.
They make it easy for me, so I'm re-
ally excited."
Discount Tires/TwoTwo Motorsports
Kawasaki's Chad Reed was on the
fence about competing but chose
to do so after qualifying eighth. The
previous day, Reed admitted that he
really wasn't prepared to race, say-
ing that he was not fully in shape
after taking some time off and was
dealing with jetlag, having just flown
in from Australia. Reed finished 11
th
in
the first moto but did not finish the
second moto or start the third.
There were a few star riders that
chose not to compete in the MEC
this year, including 450 National
Motocross Champion Ken Roczen.
Roczen is currently in the process
of getting used to his new RCH Su-
zuki Team, sponsors and machinery
(RM-Z450) after spending the last
few years with KTM. The former MX2
World Champion and his team felt
that he wasn't quite ready yet to suit
up and race. The same can pretty
much be said for one of Monster
Energy Kawasaki's newest members
Wil Hahn, but he was on hand help-
ing out in the Kawasaki pits. Both the
250-based GEICO Honda and Mon-
a much needed re-start! Falk
nabbed the holeshot, while a
fourth-place start was going
to make it rough for March-
banks to make a run on the
leading number-612 KTM.
But he put his head down
and made a run to third,
falling short of second-place
Chase Sexton.
Sexton got the crowd
on its feet after coming within bike
lengths of Falk in the closing laps, but
he just couldn't crack Falk and had
to settle for second. The Supermini
podium would be made up of Falk,
Sexton and Marchbanks, all standing
tall.
Mike Emery
Mitchell Falk (612) battles
Chase Sexton en route to
the Super Mini victory.
Canard had a
million dollars in
his crosshairs until
this fall in the third
moto.
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