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confidence than he already had
after proving that he doesn't
need to get the holeshot to win.
He trailed four riders after the
end of lap one in moto one but
quickly worked his way to the
front, passing fast starters Au-
toTrader.com/Toyota/JGRMX/
Yamaha teammates Justin Barcia
and Phil Nicoletti before going to
work on Dungey. Tomac reeled
him in after a few laps but was
met with some resistance by
the KTM rider. Tomac, however,
was obviously the faster of the
two riders and a pass seemed
imminent. Tomac's life was made
easier when Dungey's KTM sud-
denly stalled for no apparent rea-
son, and the Honda rider gladly
Briefly...
The Yamalube/Star Racing Ya-
maha team went from a high at
Hangtown to a low at Glen Helen.
After having all four of its riders finish
in the top 10 (three in the top five) at
Hangtown, they had just one rider—
Jeremy Martin—finish in the top 10
at Glen Helen. Two of its riders—An-
thony Rodriguez and Aaron Pless-
inger—suffered crashes during the
week. Plessinger, still sore (mainly
with his back) from his wreck, went
8-23 for 15
th
overall, while Rodriguez
stayed home, having banged his
head in his crash. Cooper Webb sat
out Glen Helen and probably won't
return until the Budds Creek round
after having re-injured his ankle at
Hangtown.
Yoshimura Suzuki's Blake Baggett,
an outdoor specialist, was hoping to
make some waves at his home track.
The 450-class rookie looked like he
was about to do that after setting the
quickest lap time in 450 qualifying—
until Ken Roczen overtook him on the
final lap of qualifying. But bad starts
got the best of him in the motos.
"It was an okay day," said Baggett,
who is now fourth in the standings,
just three points out of third. "Solid—I
kept it on two wheels and got a 7-7. I
was a lot closer to the front guys this
weekend."
Rockstar Energy Racing Husqvar-
na's Jason Anderson rode well but
didn't have a lot to show for it. He
and Ken Roczen tangled on the first
lap of the first moto and returned to
the mechanic's area for repairs and
later withdrew. He came back to fin-
ish a solid fifth in the second moto
for 11
th
overall. One of the team's 250
riders, Martin Davalos, is still out of
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