WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 54 ISSUE 7 FEBRUARY 22, 2017 P49
It was a little past halfway when
it became clear Dungey was
going to have to deal with his
teammate Musquin, who won his
first 450SX main event a week
earlier in Texas. Musquin caught
his teammate and went to work,
eventually sneaking by for good
on lap 19 of the 26-lap race—a
significant move because it repre-
sented a four-point swing in favor
of Musquin in the title chase, and
added two more points to the
number Tomac could make up
with the win in Minneapolis.
"Well, what I did today is ex-
actly what I wanted to do," said
second-place finisher Musquin.
"I mean, obviously last weekend
it was the perfect main event,
but I want to battle with those
guys, too. If I get a bad start, or
a so-so start, I just want to catch
up with those guys and battle.
That's what I did. Those two,
front going into a left-hander.
Davi Millsaps (Rocky Mountain
ATV-MC KTM) took over with
Tomac, defending champ and
points leader Ryan Dungey,
Tomac's teammate Josh Grant,
Jason Anderson (Rockstar
Energy Husqvarna), and then
Musquin in tow.
It took Tomac a couple laps to
find a way around Millsaps, but
found his chance when Millsaps
hesitated exiting a right-hander,
and Dungey was quickly into
second. Dungey tried to latch
on to Tomac, but Tomac steadily
pulled away.
"I mean, hometown or not,
you for sure want the win," said
Minnesota's own Dungey. "I got
off to a great start there with Eli.
He was running some good laps
and we were right there in tow. I
just fell off the back and made a
few mistakes."
(Above) Eli Tomac has taken
over the 2017 Supercross
Championship—at least on
the track. He's still down a
big chunk of points but there
is a lot of racing left.
(Top right) Marvin Musquin
has appeared to reach a
new level in his career. He
reeled in and passed his
teammate Ryan Dungey.
