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a little easy for me.
"The second moto I just
ripped the holeshot," Tomac
said. "It was cool not to see
anybody around me; I just had
fun. There were a lot of fun lines
out there. But basically I'm just
feeling comfortable on the track
right now."
A big part of his success right
now, he said, is being efficient
on the track and not using up
too much energy, "45 minutes is
a long time," he said.
Stall Warning
Dungey might have had a legiti-
mate reason for letting Tomac
catch him as quickly as the did
in the first moto. During he race,
Dungey began feeling that his
bike was gradually losing throttle
response; something wasn't
right with the bike's motor, and
that became clear when it quit
running as he approached a
turn—not in the turn, when most
bikes tend to stall, often times
due to rider error. But there was
no error in this case. This was
different. Dungey hit the starter
button and it eventually lit up
again but not before giving up
first place to Tomac. The real
damage, however, was done
when the bike stalled out again
Briefly...
action with the Epstein-Barr virus.
Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawa-
saki's Adam Cianciarulo got off to
a rough start—literally. In the first 250
moto, just a few yards off the gate,
he tangled handlebars with the two
riders next to him and got slammed
to the ground, putting him at the
back of the pack. But he rode well
and caught up to 12
th
. He started
the second moto in fifth but slipped
back to 10
th
. He is still working on his
fitness after being off the bike all of
Supercross with an injury. "The re-
covery process has been the hard-
est thing I've ever had to do even if
I'm not upfront right away," he said.
"I believe I have the speed…I believe
I will be."
After making the 250 podium for the
first time at Hangtown, Monster En-
ergy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki's Chris
Alldredge struggled a bit at Glen
Helen. Alldredge was running close
to the front in the first moto before
crashing back to 21
st
. He got off to
an 11
th
-place start in the second moto
and ended up eighth for 14
th
overall.
