MOTOCROSS
LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS
ROUND 7 / JULY 8, 2017
THE WICK 338 / SOUTHWICK, MASSACHUSETTS
P98
Martin said. "We've been really,
really lucky this year. I was actu-
ally nervous for the rain because
I had Lasik last October, and
I haven't been able to handle
roost with my goggles off very
well, so I was praying for no
rain, and I wanted to keep my
goggles on as long as possible,
and I got to the point where I just
couldn't see at all, so I had to
pull them. That was a true test,
and the eyes are good!"
Osborne's overall win puts him
nearly a full race—two motos—
ahead of A-Mart in the champi-
onship chase, as he now carries
45 points into the upcoming
off-weekend. CN
bike setup most of the day, and
I didn't qualify very well. We're
making progress, and I definitely
have a good direction for the
second moto, but I was still kind
of fighting bike setup a little bit in
the sand."
In the second moto, A-Mart
was third the entire way, and in
the late going he had to hold off
Hampshire again to round out
his 3-3 day. He had to ditch his
goggles, and that wasn't some-
thing he wanted to do since he
just had laser eye surgery, but it
worked out in the end.
"I mean, they call it the great
outdoors for a reason, and rain's
going to come eventually," Alex
him, fell, then passed him again.
Before long, A-Mart was dealing
with Osborne, who went by for
second late in the race, and then
at the end he had his hands full
holding off his brother Jeremy
for third.
"It's so disappointing," A-Mart
said after moto one. "I'm on the
podium, so I'm happy about
that, obviously, but I led for the
majority of the moto, and I had
the holeshot, which is the key
here. The key is to get out front
and try to save your tear-offs and
your energy, and I was doing
a great job, and I just got my
tongue in the spokes a little bit
there. I've been fighting with my
