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Cycle News 2015 Issue 07 February 18

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SUPERCROSS 2015 MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES ROUND 7/FEBRUARY 14, 2015 AT&T STADIUM/ARLINGTON, TEXAS P70 Although he closed slightly on Dungey once he got into sec- ond, Dungey was able to keep the distance to take the win, leav- ing Roczen to settle for another runner-up finish. Canard was in a similar boat, the Team Honda rider just need- ing to get a start. The Oklahoma rider was just behind Roczen on lap one and got around Baggett on lap two, but Canard got tan- gled up with Millsaps on lap six and lost ground. Millsaps went down. "I got together with Davi and lost some time there," said Ca- nard. "I caught his rear wheel on the wall. Those things are kind of sketchy. I just kind of booted him and he landed funny." After that, Canard settled into third, unable to gain any ground on Roczen. "Third place—really not a bad night at all," said Canard. "Got my first heat race which was good. The starts were better. I still didn't have the best start in the main, but came through and felt like I rode pretty good. We're all going the same speed, but I think Dungey kind of had a little edge on everyone today. The nights you're not feeling the best you want to capitalize and try to at least be on the podium so I'm happy." Blake Baggett came through to post his best finish of the sea- son. The Yoshimura Suzuki rider, who is still adjusting to the bigger 450, was up into third after the start, but soon dropped to fifth. He inherited fourth when Mill- saps fell. "I got a good jump and came out of the first turn pretty good," Baggett said. "I made a little error in the first lane of a whoop sec- tion and got passed by Roczen and Canard." Baggett ran close to Canard for most of the way, until a mis- cue cost him time. "I jumped in tow with Canard and tried to stay behind him," Baggett said. "I was with him until lap 15 when I made another mis- (Above) Wearing the number- one plate for the first time, Justin Bogle was the only rider who could somewhat keep Musquin in sight. (Right) Joey Savatgy made his debut on the Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/ Kawasaki Team and ended the night on the 250 podium.

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