VOL. 54 ISSUE 26 JULY 4, 2017 P63
Josh Grant.
Baggett got the holeshot to
start moto two with Anderson
right behind him, but Barcia
came screaming around them
both going into the third turn of
the race to take the lead. A few
turns later, on a rough downhill
where Baggett was, all day, go-
ing to the outside into the follow-
ing right-hand off-camber, went
to the outside as he battled with
Anderson through an off-camber
where the exits of the two lines
came together, just as Baggett
said after moto one, "Everything
kind of fades into itself, so it's
hard to pass." As the two lines
came together, Anderson's rear
wheel and Baggett's front wheel
connected, and Baggett went
down and was lucky not to have
gotten run over, as the entire
packed raced by him.
Barcia showed signs of the
Barcia of old, as he led the early
part of the race over Anderson.
As they fought up front, Tomac
eventually caught them and went
around Anderson, and just as he
was beginning to pressure Bar-
cia, the Suzuki rider lost the rear
end and went down exciting a
sweeping turn, remounting fifth.
From there, Tomac cruised
to the moto win, opening up a
15-second cushion over Ander-
son.
"This is a perfect situation for
us," Tomac said. "I've never won
here. This is the first win for us.
Now we've got the red plate.
Man, what a good day. Finally
a mistake-free day. Man, I want
up and try to come out for the
second moto swinging."
About 30 seconds behind
Baggett, Musquin came across
in third, followed by Rockstar
Energy Husqvarna's Jason
Anderson, who was among the
racers caught up in the first-turn
crash. Behind him came Craig
and Cole Seely, and then Justin
Barcia, Dean Wilson, Bogle and
Monster Energy Kawasaki issued
a release on the Thursday before
the RedBud National announcing
that their racer, Josh Grant, was
still recovering from his crash last
week at Muddy Creek and would
not suit up for RedBud. The re-
lease said Grant tried to ride earlier
in the week and it was determined
he'd be better off healing up.
However, less than an hour after
that release hit the streets, Grant
posted a picture of himself to his
social media with a skeptical look
on his face and a caption asking
if anybody thought he was really
going to miss the best track of the
year. He got on a plane on Friday,
and on Saturday he went 10-5 for
sixth overall.
Polaris-sponsored Snocross racer
Kody Kamm showed up with a
KTM and qualified for the 450MX
class at RedBud. Kamm is the
2017 Amsoil Snocross Champion
in the Pro Open class. At RedBud,
he went 25-26 for 26th overall.
Red Bull KTM's Marvin Musquin
says his knee is steadily improv-
ing. He looked back to normal at
RedBud. "It's much better," Mus-
quin said. "I mean, it just ruined
my season I would say—at least
two rounds. It's good to be back.
We've been working hard with my
surgeon, my therapist guy, Dr. G,
Mathilde, Aldon Baker and every-
body. I've been doing great at the
gym, and on the bike it's getting
better and better. But yes, when
you tweak your knee, mentally it's
really tough to ride, especially in
those ruts. But I've been doing bet-
ter, so the confidence is back."
Briefly...
