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Webb again didn't get a great
jump off the gate, and tangled
momentarily off the line with
teammate Martin, while Ciancia-
rulo grabbed yet another hole-
shot in front of his teammates
Savatgy and Forkner, while again
Taft found himself battling near
the front in fourth, with Osborne
right behind him. Webb started
well outside the top 20 and
rounded lap one in 18th. Martin
faired better, rounding the open-
ing lap in 12th.
Forkner showed a lot of early
speed, passing Savatgy for sec-
ond, then chasing down Cian-
ciarulo and going around him as
well to take the lead. Osborne
simply followed him through the
in the 36-minute and 13-second
moto run in high humidity and
temperatures over 90 degrees
Fahrenheit.
Martin took the moto win over
Cianciarulo, Savatgy, Osborne
and Forkner, while Webb was
able to claw his way up to sixth
place. With his teammate Martin
taking the moto win, sixth wasn't
enough to clinch the title out-
right. That would have to wait a
couple more hours.
Webb led the title going
into moto two unofficially by 71
points, which meant that all he
needed was 17th or better to win
the championship. Again, this
should've been pretty easy for
Webb, but...
his own when he washed his
front end over the berm in one of
Budds Creek's many off-camber
corners. This handed the lead to
Martin, but Cianciarulo picked
himself up and started eating
back into the lead again. With
three laps to go, Cianciarulo
had caught Martin, but the two
crossed the finish line with only
10 seconds to go in the 30-min-
ute timed portion of the moto,
meaning they still had fully three
laps left to run. Cianciarulo pres-
sured Martin for the lead, only to
physically run out of steam in the
late going and settle for second
(Below) Zach Osborne captured his
first career AMA outdoor National win.
