when he hit the same piece of
plywood that Hill would later run
into.
Hill now officially leads the
250SX Western Regional points
standings by a single point over
McElrath, with Plessinger 15
points further behind in third,
and Davalos five points behind
him.
The series now heads to
Arlington, Texas, for round six
before the West goes on hiatus
and the East starts up a week
later in Minneapolis.
CN
450SX
1. Eli Tomac (Kaw)
2. Ryan Dungey (KTM)
3. Cooper Webb (Yam)
4. Jason Anderson (Hus)
5. Cole Seely (Hon)
6. Davi Millsaps (KTM)
7. Blake Baggett (KTM)
8. Chad Reed (Yam)
9. Marvin Musquin (KTM)
10. Dean Wilson (Hus)
250SX West
1. Justin Hill (Kaw)
2. Martin Davalos (Hus)
3. Shane McElrath (KTM)
4. James Decotis (Hon)
5. Phillip Nicoletti (Suz)
6. Aaron Plessinger (Yam)
7. Kyle Chisholm (Hon)
8. Justin Starling (Hus)
9. Noah McConahy (Yam)
10. Heath Harrison (Yam)
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plate, green plate, whatever.' I'm
just learning, and that's the big-
gest thing."
Decotis was fourth, with JGR
Suzuki's Phil Nicoletti scor-
ing his best finish of the year
in fifth. Plessinger ended up
sixth, although at one point he
had passed Nicoletti for the
spot, but soon thereafter, he fell
This is the first year we've been
in the championship hunt and
I'm thankful. And thankful for
safety today. I'm probably going
to be sore all week. [Being on
the podium] almost like a win to
us. My team manager told me
before tonight, he's like, 'Man,
we've got nothing to lose. I
don't care about red plate, blue
cont. on p.66
Justin Hill has
caught fire, easily
winning the 250SX
main for the second
week in a row,
though he did have
one close call. He's
now the 250SX
West points leader.
