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MOTOCROSS LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS ROUND 2 / MAY 27, 2017 GLEN HELEN RACEWAY / SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA P78 My Own Race: 36 ADAM CIANCIARULO 4TH (7-3) 250MX Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Adam Cianciarulo is now second in points as the series heads out of California. "Yeah, it was a great day for me," Cianciarulo said. "Unfortunately in the first moto I fell at the start and had to come through the pack. Definitely used a lot of energy, but I felt good today. To walk out of California going into Colorado and the rest of the series with two top-fives, you can't ask for too much more than that." 23 AARON PLESSINGER 7TH (3-13) 250MX Yamalube Star Racing Yamaha's Aaron Plessinger had a very solid ride in moto one at Glen Helen, finishing a strong third behind Jeremy Martin and Joey Savatgy, and in front of points leader Zach Osborne. "I felt good, espe- cially holding off Zach," Plessinger said. "It's not an easy task. I got off to kind of a bad start and then had to work my way up. Got roosted a lot and used a lot of my tear-offs. But I'm happy with that. Just going to come out here next time and try and get a better start, be up there with them guys." In moto two, Plessinger didn't get a great start but made some fantastic early moves to get up to fourth before he went down hard and got up limping. He was a bit slow getting back going again and worked his way back up to 13th from outside the top 20 at the finish. 20 BROC TICKLE 7TH (14-4) 450MX RCH Suzuki's Broc Tickle is riding really well right now. "The first moto was going pretty well," Tickle said. "I didn't get that good of a start but I rode my way up to 11th. I felt like I could have gotten 10th or ninth if I made a late-race charge, but I ended up stalling my bike with five laps to go and ended up 14th. The track was tough and kind of hard to pass on. I was struggling a bit, just flowing and connecting with the track." But in the second moto, Tickle worked his way forward from the tail end of the top 10 and ended up finishing fourth within just a couple seconds of overall winner Musquin. 14 COLE SEELY 6TH (7-8) 450MX Honda HRC's Cole Seely is still trying to recover from hurting his hip at Hang- town, but seemed happy to keep it up in the mix at Glen Helen. "There were positives from today, but also a lot of things I need to work on," Seely said. "I'm still having some trouble with my hip from last week's crash, so I was in some pain from that throughout the day but worked through it. I got a good start in the first moto and was feeling good for the first half or more but then faded back. I got a terrible start in the second moto and just spent the rest of the race trying to make my way by as many people as I could. We did some fine- tuning on my bike this week and on Thursday, Press Day, so I was really happy with that. I just need to work on myself and try to keep improving." 19 JUSTIN BOGLE 8TH (12-5) 450MX RCH Suzuki's Justin Bogle seems to be figuring some things out after chang- ing up his program headed into the outdoor series. In moto two, he finished only about seven seconds behind teammate Tickle, and just in front of local boy Weston Peick, to score his first top-five of the season. "It was nice to put a solid top-10 together and come out of Glen Helen with a good points day," Bogle said. "The bike was fast and we made the right adjustments. We're mak- ing progress and seeing results. That's all you can ask for. Everything is moving in the right direction, so hopefully we can keep it going and come out firing next weekend at Thunder Valley."