Briefly...
The Unadilla facility is not one that
runs local races, because it only
hosts nationals and GPs, even
though he's from New York, so
Justin Barcia really doesn't have
the hometown advantage that, say,
the Martin's have at Millville. "I al-
ways thought that it should favor
my riding style but today it was very
weird," said Barcia. "They didn't rip
it as deep as usual. It wasn't as wet
as usual. Obviously the ruts were
pretty hard packed. It was slick un-
derneath. I don't know, I just strug-
gled with the track today. Coming in
last night and just thinking about it,
I thought I would definitely have the
opportunity to maybe go 1-1 today.
That was my goal. And the day was
a super struggle. Kind of mind open-
ing a little bit. I was just like, 'darn.'
Ryan rode great the first moto and a
couple other boys rode really good
the second moto."
Barcia also talked about riding in
front of a hometown crowd. "It's a
little more stressful than anything,"
said Barcia. "It's just so much going
on during the day. I have a lot of old
friends I see here and I really want to
say hi and hang out for a few minutes
but it's impossible with the schedule
they give us to work with during the
races. It's definitely frustrating dur-
ing the day when you have so many
people you know here. I've learned
to kind of just put that away and just
worry about racing."
Trey Canard said he feels good
again and is glad to be racing again.
"I obviously wouldn't have come
STORY BY SHAN MOORE
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROB KOY
R
yan Dungey stretched his 450 MX-class champi-
onship lead to a massive 79 points by claiming his
fifth overall win of the series following a dominate
1-1 performance at one of the most notorious tracks on
the National schedule—Unadilla Valley Sports Center
in New Berlin, New York. Unless something drastic
happens between now and next weekend, Dungey will
clinch his third outdoor title in Utah.
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