WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 54 ISSUE 11 MARCH 21, 2017 P63
not find the extra incentive or the speed
he needed to pass Musquin back, which
could prove quite costly and the end of
the season. We will see.
In the 250SX East class, Zach Osborne
returned to his winning ways and did so
in a confidence-inspiring way—by passing
his championship rival Joey Savatgy and
holding him off. Osborne went on to take
the win and extend his points lead to nine
over Savatgy.
Red Bull/TLD KTM's Jordon Smith was
third in what was his second podium of
the year (he finished second at Minneapo-
lis).
450SX
Blake Baggett, on the Rocky Mountain
ATV-MC KTM, started things off with the
holeshot in the 450SX main and led for
two full laps before Tomac came calling.
Tomac made a clean inside move on
Baggett in a turn, and Dungey, who had to
qualify for the main through a semi but was
still able to get a strong start, didn't waste
any time getting around Baggett, too,
pulling off a pass of his own rite through a
rhythm section moments later.
Now, it appeared to be a championship
showdown between Tomac and Dungey,
but Tomac wanted no part of that and
slowly pulled away from Dungey.
Things only got worse for the defend-
ing champ, as he began feeling pressure
from behind from his own KTM teammate,
Musquin, who sunk his teeth onto Dungey
and wouldn't let go.
Musquin was riding on a wave of
confidence after having qualified quick-
est earlier in the day and winning his heat
race over Davi Millsaps and Baggett, and
it showed.
The two KTMs battled closely for a
while until Musquin pulled the trigger and
