VOL. 52 ISSUE 23 JUNE 9, 2015 P87
Briefly...
Last week in Colorado, Christian
Craig shocked everyone after his
debut fill-in ride for Justin Bogle
aboard the GEICO Honda, topping
250 qualifying and then carding 4-6
scores for fourth overall. Unfortu-
nately for him, things did not go as
well at Muddy Creek. "Today was
rough," Craig said. "Coming in I was
really sick. After last week's race
I had a bad cold and struggled all
week with it out in California. I wasn't
able to train and ride the way I want-
ed to, so coming in I wasn't feeling
too good. I qualified decent, but five
laps into the first moto, I was cough-
ing in my helmet, stuff was coming
out of my nose. I was feeling bad.
It wasn't good and I thought it was
kind of dangerous to stay out there
riding like that. [In the second moto]
I had a decent start for how far out-
side I was. I was ninth, went back
to tenth, and then on the big triple
jump, something happened when I
landed, the chain got stuck, and the
bike wouldn't even go. I pulled into
the mechanic's area and it took five
minutes to get it out. I was like three
laps down by then. But I had told
myself I was going to finish, so I got
back out there and kept going. I'm
really disappointed with my day. I feel
like I let the team down and myself
down. That wasn't me that was out
there. I'm glad I have next weekend
to come back and do better."
The racers were blessed with an-
other pleasant day for racing, but
the track was challenging to say the
least despite not living up to its Mud-
dy Creek name. With rain scattering
the region and thunderstorms off and
on all week, the track featured loose
dirt on top of a hard, slick base. It
the second since last weekend—
with 1-2 finishes.
In moto one he executed the
early stages of the race perfectly
and took control after passing
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Yamaha's Phil Nicoletti for the
win. Moto two he wouldn't get
the start he wanted and would
later come together with a lapper
while in pursuit of leader Roc-
zen, who took the second-moto
win with ease (after a third in
moto one).
Jeremy Martin
(1) didn't have a
perfect day but he
did come away with
the overall win in
the 250 class and
a bigger—but still
small—points lead.
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