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Cycle News 2015 Issue 27 July 7

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MOTOCROSS LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS SERIES ROUND 7/JULY 4, 2015 REDBUD TRACK 'N' TRAIL/BUCHANAN, MICHIGAN P102 450 NATIONAL 1. Justin Barcia (Yam) 2-1 2. Ryan Dungey (KTM) 1-2 3. Ken Roczen (Suz) 3-3 4. Broc Tickle (Suz) 4-7 5. Weston Peick (Yam) 5-6 6. Christophe Pourcel (Hus) 10-4 7. Fredrik Noren (Hon) 7-8 8. Blake Baggett (Suz) 6-9 9. Justin Brayton (KTM) 9-10 10. Tommy Hahn (Hon) 8-12 250 NATIONAL 1. Jeremy Martin (Yam) 1-1 2. Zach Osborne (Hus) 3-2 3. Cooper Webb (Yam) 2-5 4. Christian Craig (Hon) 6-3 5. Alex Martin (Yam) 5-4 6. Marvin Musquin (KTM) 4-6 7. Aaron Plessinger (Yam) 9-9 8. Chris Alldredge (Kaw) 8-10 9. Jessy Nelson (KTM) 7-11 10. RJ Hampshire (Hon) 14-8 to be on the podium. I'm looking for an overall podium at the next race. I missed it by one spot here, but I'm still happy about my podium in the second moto. My bike was awesome today." Craig's second moto proved that all he needs are good starts and he can be a consistent podium guy. "I focused on my start and ended up pulling the holeshot and running up front for 15 minutes," Craig said. "The guys caught me: Cooper Webb and Jeremy Martin. Cooper got me at about 18 minutes, and I tried to stay with him and he ended up going down. Jeremy got me, and then with two laps to go Zach Osborne got me." CN of my worst races. It felt good at the beginning of the motos, and my speed was good, but it just got worse and worse later in the race." Craig suffered a poor start in moto one, but made up for it in the second moto by nabbing the holeshot on his GEICO Honda. In moto one, Craig moved up as high as fifth but dropped to sixth when Alex Martin passed him on the final lap. In the second moto, Craig led for the first eight laps before suc- cumbing to Webb. Eventually, Craig gave way to Martin, too, but still finished a strong third for sixth overall. "That's my first-ever podium and that's what I've been work- ing for," Craig said. "I believe I can be up there. That is my goal, Once again, the 250 class took another big swing in the race for the title. Former leader Musquin went from first to second after a tough day at RedBud. A sore wrist didn't help.

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