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Cycle News 2015 Issue 29 July 21

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MOTOCROSS LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS SERIES ROUND 8 / JULY 18, 2015 SPRING CREEK RACEWAY / MILLVILLE, MINNESOTA P86 Joey Savatgy broke into the top three in the 250 class after all was said and done. me at least. But it was good. I'm happy and can't wait to do better at Washougal." 250 National After returning from injury just two races before, Cooper Webb came away from Millville with a huge win and the satisfaction of knowing he beat his Yamalube/ Star Racing Yamaha teammate Jeremy Martin on his home track. Webb came from sixth to first by lap four and held the lead for the remaining 12 laps, while Martin tried his best to get around Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Joey Savatgy but to no avail. In moto two, Webb came away just behind Martin but simply could not match Martin's speed in the second moto and settled for second. His 1-2 was good enough for the win. "I think if there's one place I want to beat (Martin) it's definite- ly here," said Webb. "Unfortu- nately he beat me in the second moto straight up but to be able to pass him in the first one and win was good. Coming into the tracks that obviously he doesn't know as much is a confidence thing for me. "Then in the second one I actually got my best start but unfortunately it was behind J-Mart [Jeremy Martin] and he was riding good. I tried hang- ing with him as much as I could. He was definitely going fast out there. I knew 1-2 would get the job done, and for me, I'm not in "It was a good day," said No- ren. "I was struggling a little bit in the first moto and I think I ended up eighth. We did some minor adjustments to the suspension for the second moto and that felt a lot better. I've also been working a lot on my starts this week and that helped for sure. I had two pretty good starts. I think I was fifth or seventh in both starts, so that's good for fifth in the second moto marked his best moto finish of his career. In the second moto, Noren got a great jump out of the gate, and was fourth at the end of lap one. Noren got passed by Roczen and Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing's Jason Anderson on lap two of the moto, but would come back and re-pass Anderson on lap 11 to take fifth.

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