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Cycle News 2015 Issue 22 June 2

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MOTOCROSS LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 3 / MAY 30, 2015 THUNDER VALLEY / LAKEWOOD, COLORADO P92 GEICO Honda's Jordon Smith. Martin's 1-1 gave him his sec- ond overall win of the season, while Osborne earned a career- best second-place finish with a 2-3 tally. Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/ Kawasaki's Adam Cianciarulo earned the first overall podium finish of his career in third (5-4). Christian Craig went 4-6 for fifth overall, just behind Jessy Nelson's 3-7. Change Of Events Even though Dungey took over the points lead, it's only a three- point margin over Tomac, and early reports are that Tomac hopes to be racing at Muddy Creek. However, he will no doubt have to deal with pain and instability in the shoulder; in most cases, once you dislocate your shoulder, it has the ten- dency to dislocate again much easier, often times without even falling. Surgery is usually the only true fix. But we will see after he undergoes more evaluation on the shoulder. Even though Dungey strug- gled to keep Tomac in sight be- fore his crash, he and his team felt they made improvements from last week. The team tested in Florida following the Glen Helen National. "I made some changes going back to Florida this week on the bike, which were more ben- efiting," said Dungey. "I hadn't had sticky conditions like this and practice was kind of a little deeper, a little snaky. Ruts were deeper and everything. So we adjusted to that and second practice times were right there. Everything was good. I think we ended up second. The track was nasty. This year things are getting rougher. The tracks get rougher, and not that it's a fear thing but the risk goes up when you do that. You have to be di- aled. I think we're all just pushing the pace really fast, especially Eli. He definitely had set the tone for this year so far. So we all have to raise our game up even if it feels uncomfortable." As each series goes forward, Dungey seems to get more con- fidence and take more chances. "You know what's your limit and what's not," added Dungey. "You know when things are getting sketchy. Definitely today

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