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As it has consistently been
the case, a start was important
in St. Louis, even though the
track wasn't quite as one-lined
as others.
"It was important to get a
start," said Dungey. "This track,
it was hard to get up on the
inside of somebody to make a
pass happen. I didn't want to
have to deal with that, obviously.
I really focused on trying to get
Briefly...
Ryan Dungey could clinch the 2015
Supercross title at the next round in
two weeks in Houston. He currently
holds an 80-point lead over his near-
est competitor, Eli Tomac. Dungey
would have to leave Houston with
a 75-point advantage over Tomac
in order to clinch it, which means
a third-place finish by Dungey at
Houston will seal the deal, no mat-
ter what Tomac does. As for Marvin
Musquin, he needs to gain just five
points on Justin Bogle at the next
250 East race in New Jersey to wrap
it up a round early.
WADA (World Anti Doping Associa-
tion) was on hand in St. Louis to con-
duct random drug testing following
the race; Cole Seely was one of the
riders who was pulled aside. Ryan
Dungey, who was not selected, said,
"I think drug testing is very important.
You obviously want a clean sport. A
lot of promoters want a show, but for
the riders, it's not fair if somebody is
cheating, so I really believe it's really
good what they're doing here."
After grabbing another holeshot in
the main event, BTO Sports KTM's
Andrew Short went down spec-
tacularly a few turns later, ending
his night. His mechanic had to drag
the rear end of his bike because
the wheel would not roll. "I'm not
sure exactly what happened," said
Short. "I just made a mistake. When
I got up my bike was really messed
up. It wasn't right, but I'm okay; just
banged up. I got really lucky."
Yoshimura Suzuki's Blake Baggett
came into the race feeling under the
weather. He had been ill all week,
which kept him off the bike. He sol-
diered on to finish 10
th
in the main,
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