MOTOCROSS
LUCAS OIL/AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS
ROUND 5 / JUNE 24, 2017
BLOUNTVILLE, TENNESSEE / MUDDY CREEK RACEWAY
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my line, and that was my race
from the beginning. I just started
clicking laps off like it was prac-
tice!"
Points leader Osborne had a
bit of an off-moto but still took
his Rockstar Energy Husqvarna
to fifth place at a track where
he's raced since he was a little
kid. Just behind Osborne came
another local, A-Mart's team-
mate Shane McElrath, and then
came his Sean Cantrell, then
Colt Nichols, Ferrandis and
Mitchell Harrison.
Behind Harrison were Savat-
gy, Luke Renzland and Jeremy
Martin, who was in a battle with
Ferrandis and Savatgy for most
of the race distance until an
unforced error caused him to fall
late in the race.
In moto two, Plessinger
grabbed the holeshot again,
this time in front of Forkner,
Osborne, Cantrell and Nichols.
Early on lap two, Cantrell went
down hard when he scrubbed
a jump too far and was ejected
from his TLD KTM. He did not
continue with the race.
While Plessinger led out front,
Osborne began applying pres-
sure until Plessinger made an
error on lap six, giving Osborne
the opening he needed to move
into the lead.
From there, Osborne was
gone, but Plessinger hung on
to finish all by himself in sec-
ond, while Forkner again barely
held off A-Mart for third. Behind
them came Cianciarulo, Jeremy
Martin, Savatgy, Nichols, rookie
Chase Sexton, Harrison, McEl-
rath, Hampshire, Justin Hill,
Renzland and Ferrandis.
"I'm feeling great," Plessinger
said of his first overall win since
2015. "I just got out to a great
start, I don't know what it is! But
I got out front, and then Zach
got me, and he was riding really,
really good, so I just hung on for
second."
Now the series moves to
RedBud in Buchanan, Michigan,
for the halfway point of the se-
ries with Osborne leading by 31
points over Alex Martin, with Jer-
emy Martin another five points
behind, Plessinger another six
points behind him, and then
Forkner another six points back
in fifth. CN
Zach Osborne didn't get
the win but he did extend
his 250MX points lead.
