go of his title rival and made sure that
Savatgy knew that he was there. The
two touched more than once and
finally, Osborne had had enough.
He made an aggressive move on
Savatgy in a turn and the two came
together. Osborne gave Savatgy a
good nudge and forced his way into
the lead on the 10th lap. And, like
Savatgy, Osborne tried running away
from the Kawasaki rider, but Savatgy
stayed close, a lot closer than Os-
borne wanted.
The two rode close together for
the remainder of the race, and Os-
borne was able to hold Savatgy off
and take the checkered flag just over
two seconds ahead of Savatgy.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 54 ISSUE 11 MARCH 21, 2017 P67
(Above) Joey Savatgy
(17) got off to a fast start
in the 250SX East main,
but couldn't shake Zach
Osborne (16).
(Right) Osborne passed
Savatgy and took the
250SX East main win,
extending his lead back
up to nine.
