MOTOCROSS
LUCAS OIL/AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 8 / JULY 22, 2017
MILLVILLE, MINNESOTA / SPRING CREEK RACEWAY
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home track) for the lead, and
then attempted to check out
again. It would've worked, too,
except that in the second moto,
points leader Zach Osborne was
able to chase him down with what
has now become a predictable
late-race charge to take the win.
But Savatgy was happy to let
Osborne go, knowing how much
of an improvement a 1-2 score
for the overall win was as com-
pared to the last four Nationals.
those two weeks putting in a lot
of work, and we got some test-
ing done this week. We've made
a big, big improvement, and a
step in the right direction. It's a
bummer that it's been a rough
couple of months, but we're
pointing in the right direction,
and I'm excited."
It was more of the same in
moto two, as Savatgy started
near the front, passed TLD/Red
Bull KTM's Alex Martin (on his
250MX
It's been a long time coming for
Joey Savatgy and his Monster
Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki
team. Since winning round three
in Colorado with a 4-1 score,
Savatgy failed to finish inside the
top five in a single moto seven
motos in a row. He ended that
streak with a fifth in the second
moto at Southwick, and with
a weekend off between then
and now, the Pro Circuit team
packed up and headed back
east to test with Savatgy and his
teammate Adam Cianciarulo.
The results were immediately
apparent. Cianciarulo qualified
first at Millville, and Savatgy was
third. In moto one, Savatgy got
the holeshot and just checked
out, eventually winning by about
eight seconds, his best lap time
nearly a full second faster than
anybody else's.
"I think we're in the right direc-
tion," Savatgy said. "We spent
Joey Savatgy rode
back to the top step
of the podium in the
250MX class.
