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Cycle News 2016 Issue 36 September 13

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and this and that. It's not what I'm used to. Hopefully next year I can be more like I was before." But for Tomac, at least on Sunday at Glen Helen, it was among the most dominant races he's had since he was winning everything early in the 2015 MX National Championship. "I just ate too much dirt today!" Tomac said. "My starts weren't the greatest. The first moto wasn't so bad—I had to make a few passes, and eventu- ally worked my way to the front. Shoot, I don't know, we made a few changes from yesterday—a couple things on the shock. I was struggling a little bit yester- day in the qualification race, and I was like, 'Man, I need to be a little bit better for tomorrow.' We made changes, and went the right direction. It wasn't exactly better on the start straightaway, but it was good on the track. For sure, Glen Helen is a tough racetrack. Those were long 30-minute motos." Overall, Tomac took the win over Cairoli (2-2), Gajser (4-3), Nagl (3-4) and Honda's Gautier Paulin (10-5). Tomac, amazingly, finishes the MX World Cham- pionship 22nd in points with 100 after winning all four of the motos in which he competed. MX2 There was talk all weekend about how important it was for World Champion Jeffrey Her- MOTOCROSS FIM MOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 18 / SEPTEMBER 10-11, 2016 GLEN HELEN RACEWAY / SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA P90 Jeffrey Herlings leads Anstie (99) and Jeremy Martin in moto one. Herlings went 1-1 on the day to end his MX2 career with a perfect weekend.

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