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shire, Alex Martin and Tonus.
"Very frustrated right now,"
Savatgy said. "Disappointed in
myself. Made those mistakes in
the second moto and it never
should have happened. I spent
a lot of energy trying to keep
my bike running, and picking
it up, so I'm a little exhausted
right now. But, second overall,
got the red plate again which is
always a positive. But, we lost
valuable points today and it's
not okay. We've got to eliminate
those mistakes."
Webb has narrowed the points
gap on Savatgy from 20 points
to just 12 as the series heads to
north to Michigan. CN
450MX
1. Ken Roczen (Suz) 1-1
2. Eli Tomac (Kaw) 2-2
3. Broc Tickle (Suz) 6-3
4. Cole Seely (Hon) 3-6
5. Marvin Musquin (KTM) 7-4
6. Christophe Pourcel (Hus) 4-8
7. Weston Peick (Yam) 5-9
8. Blake Baggett (Suz) 8-7
9. Justin Brayton (KTM) 9-11
10. Justin Bogle (Hon) 13-10
250MX
1. Cooper Webb (Yam) 2-1
2. Joey Savatgy (Kaw) 1-7
3. Shane McElrath (KTM) 5-2
4. Jordon Smith (Hon) 4-6
5. Jeremy Martin (Yam) 6-5
6. Zach Osborne (Hus) 3-10
7. Austin Forkner (Kaw) 10-4
8. RJ Hampshire (Hon) 19-3
9. Alex Martin (Yam) 9-9
10. Arnaud Tonus (Kaw) 12-8
the penultimate lap, he failed to
jump the "Bomber" uphill triple,
which put Webb right behind
him. Only a few turns after the
pair took the white flag, Webb
pushed McElrath wide to take
the lead. Although McElrath
looked like he was trying to fight
back, he duplicated his error
from the previous lap and again
failed to jump the Bomber. At
that point, the race was over.
"I'm just tired of losing," Webb
said after his first moto win and
overall victory of the season.
"And these fans are frickin' awe-
some. You can hear them in the
background. This is like a home
race. I'd rather win this race over
any race there is."
Webb took the moto win with
three seconds to spare over
McElrath, then Alex Martin,
Forkner, Jeremy Martin, Smith,
Savatgy, his teammate Arnaud
Tonus, GEICO Honda's RJ
Hampshire, and Osborne.
For McElrath, it marked his
best-ever moto finish (second
place) and first-ever overall po-
dium finish in the AMA Nationals.
"For 25 minutes I was like,
'Dude, this doesn't feel real,'"
McElrath said. "I know every-
body out here, probably, and it's
just cool to do it here."
Webb took the overall with
a 2-1 score over Savatgy's 1-7
for second place. Then came
McElrath, wish his career best
moto (second) and overall (third)
finishes, thanks to his 5-2 score.
Then came Smith, Jeremy Mar-
tin, Osborne, Forkner, Hamp-
bottom out in the 1:58s, but
hover in the 1:59-2:00 range.
Needless to say, Webb closed
the gap quickly, and went by
teammate Alex Martin as soon
as he caught him near the end
of lap 16. With two laps to go,
and trailing McElrath by at least
five seconds, Webb kept the
hammer down. McElrath didn't
do himself any favors when, on
