MOTOCROSS
MONSTER ENERGY MOTOCROSS OF NATIONS
SEPTEMBER 26-27, 2015
ERNEE CIRCUIT / ERNEE, FRANCE
P92
MXoN performance will forever
go down in history but for the
first half of this race he was in
real danger of losing the crown
of "the most impressive 250
MXoN display." Musquin was
amazing, catching up to Barcia
and then passing him, much to
delight of the screaming fans.
The next few laps were a blur of
action, as "Bam Bam" (Barcia)
wasn't letting this go without a
fight, the lead swapping mul-
tiple times with aggressive, but
clean racing. It came to end as
Musquin crashed (on his own);
however, that battle really set
the event up as the all-out war it
French pride.
They were briefly silenced,
though, as Barcia swept around
the first turn of the opening race
with a massive holeshot, but
after the split second of dismay,
they soon took to cheering on
Paulin and Musquin. Before the
race there was a lot of talk about
Musquin's wrist, and whether
he was mentally and physi-
cally ready for this race. Those
doubts were squashed within
minutes though as he set about
tearing through all the 450 ma-
chines around him, not worrying
about his 200 fewer cc's.
Ryan Villopoto's Budds Creek
tee list of Ken Roczen, Antonio
Cairoli, Clement Desalle, Jeffrey
Herlings and Kevin Strijbos and
this definitely wasn't the star-
studded event of year's past.
Not that the majority of
80,000 fans in attendance
cared about that, because for
them, it was all about Gautier
Paulin, Marvin Musquin and
Romain Febvre. These were
their heroes and they were de-
termined to make as much noise
as possible supporting them. Air
horns, car engines, chainsaws
and voice boxes all were used
to great effect with the result be-
ing a hair-raising cacophony of
Paulin tries to hold off Barcia.
