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his own while running near the
front, spilling gasoline out of his
motorcycle as he hit the dirt.
As he was getting up, Tomac
got squirrelly and just missed
him, then went down, too. At
first, it seemed like Tomac went
down trying to avoid Grant, but
it quickly became apparent that
Tomac was experiencing a front-
brake malfunction similar to what
he suffered at the Dallas Super-
cross last February. Both of the
the holeshot, just in front of the
"wheelie king" Blake Baggett,
who missed out on the holeshot
after having to set his front end
down and let off the gas to make
the first turn. Craig led the first
four laps while Baggett and An-
derson gave chase.
But behind them on the open-
ing lap, the Monster Energy
Kawasaki team imploded all
at once. In a bizarre turn of
events, Grant went down on
people doubted me when I got
this ride, but I think this result
proves it. I'm going to go out
there and try to back it up in this
next moto."
Behind Craig came Rockstar
Energy Husqvarna's Jason An-
derson and Dean Wilson, Seely
and then Rocky Mountain ATV-
MC KTM's Blake Baggett.
Craig backed up his words
about wanting to go out and
win moto two when he grabbed
