MOTOCROSS
FIM MOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 18 / SEPTEMBER 10-11, 2016
GLEN HELEN RACEWAY / SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA
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the lead in less than a lap and
began to pull away. With Cairoli
out front, Tomac struggled to get
back into his moto-one groove
behind Arnaud Tonus back in
eighth place. It took him almost
a third of the race just to get up
to fourth, but then something
clicked. Tomac found some lines
and started going around the
people could when they took
the inside and had to double
instead."
Tomac went on to win the
moto by more than 15 seconds
over Cairoli. Then came Nagl,
Gajser and van Horebeek.
In moto two, Tomac started
even worse. Nagl got the hole-
shot over Cairoli, who went to
took Tomac four full laps to get
around Cairoli, but he eventually
made a pass stick through the
Glen Helen rhythm section.
"That straightaway with the
rollers was a good place for me
to make passes," Tomac said. "I
had the triple/triple dialed going
into that section, so I was able
to carry a lot more speed than
The MX2 class leaves
the gate for moto two
as the racers prepare
to start grabbing
gears down the long
start straightaway.
