VOL. 54 ISSUE 22 JUNE 6, 2017 P59
450MX
There's a saying in racing that goes:
"If you knew the results ahead of time,
there'd be no point in running the race
in the first place." That's especially
true of the Thunder Valley MX National
in Colorado. Most people, if polled,
would've probably picked Monster
Energy Kawasaki's Eli Tomac to win this
race; he's a Colorado native, so he's
more used to the altitude, and he had
literally won the majority of races run in
2017 prior to round three of the Lucas
Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championships
Outdoors, he has come along even
quicker. After a lot of valuable testing
time during the first few rounds of the
series, Baggett didn't just win in Colo-
rado, he was clearly the fastest man on
the track during both motos.
And in the 250MX class, Monster
Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Joey
Savatgy proved that rumors of his death
had been greatly exaggerated, going
out and going 4-1 for his first overall win
of the series so far.
There's a lot of racing left, but no-
body's rolling over for anyone just yet.
Justin Bogle
scored his first
450MX moto
win but was
unable to parlay
that into an
overall podium
finish.
