WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 54 ISSUE 8 FEBRUARY 28, 2017 P53
percent and they finally got me
comfortable on the bike. Super-
cross was never my thing, but
now I'm comfortable on the bike
and I love supercross. I'm just
getting better and better each
weekend, and I haven't been
able to put it together in the main
event. Tonight, we did that."
Dungey's win tied him with
Jeremy McGrath and Ricky Car-
michael at five wins each in the
Georgia Dome, and extended
his points lead by three points
over Tomac, who now sits 27
points behind Dungey in third in
the points standings.
Dungey's teammate Marvin
Musquin recovered from a ter-
rible start to finish fifth, and now
sits two points in front of Tomac
in the championship, 25 points
behind Dungey with nine races
left to go.
Baggett whose average lap time
was less than two-tenths off
Dungey's. "We've been plug-
ging away. The whole Rocky
Mountain ATV-MC WPS KTM
team has been behind me 100
really have it in the heat race,
and it's something that I'll look
back on knowing that I need to
improve those starts—even in
the heat race, because that's
how important it is. No excuses.
Ryan [Dungey] straight-up beat
us tonight—got the start on us…I
did what I could, ate a lot of
sand, and that was tough."
Baggett held off Rockstar
Energy Husqvarna's Jason An-
derson for his first podium finish
since Daytona, 2015. Baggett
looked good all night. He was
fifth in qualifying and ran away
with a win in his heat race, tak-
ing the checkered flag ahead
of Josh Grant. It was his first
heat-race win of his 450SX-class
career.
"It's been a long road," said
450SX Highlights
It was a memorable day for
Blake Baggett who finished
on the 450SX podium for the
first time in his career.
