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Cycle News Issue 26 July 4, 2017

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MOTOCROSS LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS ROUND 6 / JULY 1, 2017 REDBUD / BUCHANAN, MICHIGAN P62 opening moto. "Just trying to find lines out there," Baggett said. "It's really one-lined. Everything kind of fades into itself, so it's hard to pass. I was eating through tear- offs. I've just got to find better lines. I gave it everything I had there at the end, just ran out of time and line choice wasn't the greatest. So we'll go back, study got by those guys, so had to just grind it out. Track was gnarly. It was tough to hit all your lines the whole time and the lines move around a lot, too. Got to go out there the second moto, get another good start and try to get another win." Baggett, normally known for his amazing line selection, struggled with that aspect in the that whole 30 minutes." Tomac trailed Baggett by one point going into moto two. "Right now, [moto wins] mean everything," Tomac said. "We're racing for the points and I think at this point we're within a point of the lead. It's all we can do right now. That was some good battling there early on. I was like, 'Man, we're only halfway' once I Blake Baggett was fast but suffered another second-moto crash on the first lap.

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