MOTOCROSS
LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 1 / MAY 14, 2015
PRAIRIE CITY SVRA / RANCHO CORDOVA, CALIFORNIA
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remained optimistic. "His [Tomac's]
performance was great," Dungey
said. "Not to sound cocky, but I think
Tomac is as good as he's going to
get, and we still have a lot of room to
improve. We were just a little off the
pace." Little?
Dungey also said that his bike's
suspension was "way off," not good
on a track like this. "After practice we
made some changes; the track was
moist, then it dried out and they let
it [the track] go [unprepped]. As the
track dried out, we made changes
that didn't work. We will get it dialed
in."
We will soon find out if Dungey can
respond at Glen Helen.
FLY 150
Aided by a healthy dose of rain on
Thursday evening and cool tem-
peratures on race day, the Hangtown
track was in great shape but rutted
up and, like Dungey said, got rough.
Little effort was made to smooth out
the track's surface as the day went
on, most MX purists wish that all
tracks on the National circuit would
follow this policy. After all, they say,
it's motocross.
This year's Hangtown track added
a few new dimensions, including a
short "half-pipe" section that looked
cool but lacked passing opportuni-
ties. But the most noticeable addition
was the new "Fly 150"—a massive
Fly Racewear-sponsored 150-foot
step-up triple that only a handful of
450 riders dared tried to clear in one
leap, most opting for the safer double
in/single out route. Only one 250
rider, Adam Cianciarulo, cleared the
entire jump and he did it only once,
saying that he did it just for the fans,
not because he thought it was faster.
The 250s just didn't have the power
to clear safely on a regular basis.
Halfway into the first
lap of the second
250 moto, Martin
already had taken
over the lead and
ran off with the win.
A 2-1 gave him the
overall victory.
