WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 54 ISSUE 7 FEBRUARY 22, 2017 P51
saps, RCH Suzuki's Broc Tickle,
Red Bull KTM's Trey Canard,
and the rest of the field.
Malcolm Stewart ended up
11th, while Dean Wilson recov-
ered from an early fall for 12th.
Chad Reed had a first-turn fall,
then a big crash exiting the
whoops, and ended up 16th,
one spot in front of Justin Barcia,
who returned to action in Minne-
apolis. He also had to overcome
a crash.
Dungey still leads the points
as the series heads to Atlanta
for round eight of the 17-race
series, with Musquin now 16
points back. Tomac took a size-
able five-point chunk out of his
deficit to Dungey and now sits
24 points back with nine races
left to run.
"We're never out of it until it's
over," Tomac said. "So this is
what we needed to do. There're
quite a few rounds left, so any-
thing can happen."
put that out of my mind and just
wanted to race the best I could
tonight. I want to win for sure,
but just ride a good race. I just
fell off the back there, made a
few hiccups and there was Mar-
vin. But it's the way she goes.
Sometimes you struggle. Some-
times it's harder than others, but
still a good night. We'll take this
and build on it."
After Seely in fifth came Mill-
(Above) Cooper Webb holds his arm after
slamming the ground in his heat race. He did
not return for the main. (Left) Dungey did not
have an answer when Musquin rode past
him and into second place.
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