MOTOCROSS
LUCAS OIL/AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 8 / JULY 22, 2017
MILLVILLE, MINNESOTA / SPRING CREEK RACEWAY
P64
Millville, still recovering from his
crash at Southwick—in the points
standings and now sits fourth in
the championship chase despite
starting the year without a ride.
And then there's the points
leader. Tomac had a rough day
at Millville. In the first moto, he
started outside the top 10 and
had to battle through for second
place.
"It's easy to miss a rut or blow
something out and then you lose
your momentum, so right now,
the track's really deep, and really
soft, by far the softest we've ever
seen this place," Tomac said
after the first moto. "That time,
I had a really good jump off the
start, and then got beat down
In the second moto, Wilson
again started right near the front
and only had to make one pass
after the opening lap, going
by Bogle to grab third. His 3-3
score landed him a career-best
second overall. And he credits
his hair.
"I woke up this morning,
and my hair looked really good
straight out of bed, so I knew
it was going to be a good day,"
Wilson said. "I actually didn't
know I got second overall until
the end, but this is what we real-
ly work hard for—to be up here—
and it's been a long journey."
Wilson leap-frogged his team-
mate Jason Anderson—who
dropped out of the motos at
was really nice, but I was just
very tight in the beginning and
couldn't really hang with Marv.
So, I just kind of tried to get into
a pace, and I guess Tomac was
behind me, and I felt like I was
holding him up a little bit, so then
he went in front of me, and then
he kept making mistakes and I
kept passing him back! So that
was actually a little bit funny. But
it was nice to get the start, and
I had a good battle with Barcia,
and I'm looking forward to the
second moto. It's good to be up
here."
Blake Baggett rode well despite
riding with a heavily bandaged
thumb from a previous injury.
