MOTOCROSS
LUCAS OIL/AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS
ROUND 5 / JUNE 24, 2017
MUDDY CREEK RACEWAY / BLOUNTVILLE, TENNESSEE
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mer points leader Marvin Mus-
quin wide to take fifth, and that
also allowed Tickle by for sixth.
Even Dean Wilson almost got
Musquin at the finish, but had to
settle for eighth in front of Webb,
Canard, Anderson's other team-
mate Martin Davalos, and then
Bogle, who slowed dramatically
late in the race to finish 12th.
In moto two, Bogle got the
holeshot right alongside Canard,
with Tomac, Peick, Musquin and
Anderson giving chase, while
Tickle, Webb and points leader
Baggett found themselves on the
ground together in the first turn.
Tomac went by Canard early
on the first lap, and then Bogle
crashed out of the lead a few
and did a fist-pump and I was
just like, 'Man! That was a good
moto!' Little did I know Jason
was gone and smoked us all!
So, I need some better race-
awareness for next time."
Anderson took the win over
Tomac, Baggett and Peick.
Looking at the lap times, the
lap Tomac moved into second—
lap eight—was his fastest lap of
the race, with a 1:51.834. After
that, his next lap dropped over a
half-second, and after that, the
rest were about 1.5 seconds or
more slower than his fastest.
On the last lap of the moto,
three turns from the finish,
"BamBam" Barcia lived up to his
nickname when he shoved for-
Before long, Tomac joined
in behind Canard and Tickle in
seventh, and Rocky Mountain
ATV-MC KTM's Baggett was hot
on Tomac's tail. Tomac made
it through the group up front
much quicker than Baggett,
though, and fought his way past
Barcia in a tight turn, eight laps
into the race. For the rest of the
moto, Tomac couldn't seem to
reel Anderson in, but after the
moto, Tomac revealed he actu-
ally thought he was leading the
whole time.
"At one point, after I got
through all those guys, I thought
I was leading the race, so I felt
like a major dork!" Tomac said.
"I went across the finish line
Blake Baggett found
himself on the
ground in the first
turn again but still
rode strong for third
overall.
