MOTOCROSS
LUCAS OIL/AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS
ROUND 3 / JUNE 3, 2017
LAKEWOOD, COLORADO / THUNDER VALLEY RACEWAY
P62
bike, and we've been working on
it hard, so now I feel that for sure
I've got the speed, we're dialed
in, and now the goal is to just
break the competition," Baggett
said. "So, just sit behind them
and wait until you feel like you
can attack them, and then attack
them when they're not expect-
ing it. So, that's what I did today.
I went down in the first turn in
the first moto, but I feel good.
all day and forced
his way around
the Kawasaki pilot
to take the lead, then immediate-
ly broke Tomac by sprinting the
next few laps to get away.
Baggett sped off to what
seemed like an easy moto victory
for him, and his 3-1 score was
good for the first overall win of
Baggett's 450cc career (and the
first in the history of his team).
"I felt like I had the speed
coming into the series, but
maybe wasn't dialed in on the
Grant, Musquin, Seely and
Wilson. Baggett quickly went
by Tickle, and Tomac followed
him through before using a nifty
outside line in a switchback to
take the spot from Baggett and
put in a sprint to lead the early
laps. But Baggett held tough,
and after a handful of laps he
started looking for a way back
around Tomac.
Tomac hung tough, but
Baggett used the same outside
line at the top of a hill that he
had been passing people with
(Above) Glen Helen winner Marvin Musquin also got
caught up in a crash but still managed a second overall.
(Right) Jason Anderson overcame the mile-high altitude
and finished out the day on the box.
