WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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way, and I feel like I rode good
all night, but it's frustrating when
your results don't show it," Mar-
tin said.
Hill took his first win of the
year over Plessinger, McElrath,
Forkner and Rockstar Energy
Husqvarna's Martin Davalos.
"It's always tough getting that
first win," Hill said. "Ironically
enough, these were my exact
weekend. With that, the gates
weren't ideal for anybody, but I
just fought until the end and third
is what I ended up with."
The top nine were actually set
in order by lap six, with Geico
Honda's Jeremy Martin recov-
ering from a first-turn crash to
move into 10th place on lap 11,
where he'd finish.
"It was a bummer to start that
event, but by that point, the top
three were way too spread out
for McElrath to make any further
advances.
"This track tonight was a
tough one to separate yourself
from everybody," McElrath said.
"I didn't have the best start, so
coming from behind I kind of
dealt with what these guys [Hill
and Plessinger] dealt with last
Shane McElrath
saw his 250SX
West win streak
come to an end
but he still finished
out the night on
the podium.
