VOL. 53 ISSUE 26 JULY 6, 2016 P43
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s the 2016 Lucas Oil
AMA Pro Motocross
Championship reaches
the midway point of the season
at RedBud, one of the rough-
est tracks—and certainly one of
the most spirited, thanks to an
always-energetic crowd—very
little has changed in the 450MX
class. Ken Roczen continues
to dominate much like he did at
the opening round at Hangtown,
and at Glen Helen, Thunder
Valley, High Point… Most of the
bar-to-bar racing action is taking
place far behind him.
But last week at Muddy
Creek, Eli Tomac did show
signs of his old self with a
strong second. Could he carry
that momentum into RedBud
and perhaps derail the Roczen
freight train? Turns out, no.
In the 250MX class, trends
seem to continue. Defending
two-time champ Jeremy Martin
still struggles with his consisten-
cy, his brother Alex Martin con-
tinues to get faster and faster
while opening-round winner and
now former red-plate holder
Joey Savatgy continues to make
mistakes (his biggest yet), and
the more Cooper Webb con-
tinues to heal up from his wrist
injury, the more he wins; he's
now won two in a row and is the
new red-plate holder (champion-
ship leader).
Justin Bogle
pulled both
holeshots in the
450MX class.
