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Not only was it his first podium finish outdoors
in nine years, but Davalos is also the third 450cc
rider on the Rockstar Energy Husqvarna team
to have finished on the podium overall, joining
Jason Anderson and Dean Wilson.
My Own Race:
14 COLE SEELY 4TH 450MX (3-5)
HRC Honda's Cole Seely has been improving his results recently. After suffering from a
pulled leg muscle for much of the start of the outdoors, he struggled, but with the permis-
sion of his team, he moved to Florida and hired a new trainer, and things are looking up.
"It was a big change for me, and thanks to my team for letting me [move to Florida]," Seely
said. "It's starting to look like it's for the better. I saw Martin [Davalos] up there [in moto
two], and I tried to push forward in the middle to catch him, but he was riding really good,
so." Still, for Seely, the third place in moto one was his first outdoor podium moto finish
since round five last year.
4 BLAKE BAGGETT 5TH 450MX (7-4)
Blake Baggett was on fire early in the championship, but ever since injuring his thumb
when he came together with Jason Anderson at the RedBud National, he's lost some of his
edge. Still, during that stretch, he's had three second-place moto finishes. Baggett says
he's just trying to survive through the end of the championship. Will the weekend off help
his thumb heal? "I wish the answer was yes, but no, I need surgery," Baggett said. "I'll prob-
ably schedule it for the Monday after [the finale in] Indiana, but I'm going to fight to the bitter
end. We're digging deep and trying to stay in the hunt, but at the same time, the thumb's damaged, it's injured, and it
needs to be fixed, so I'm just trying to fight it out with everything I have, and today that was fifth."
(Above) Musquin, Tomac and
Davalos celebrate on the
Washougal podium.
(Left) Musquin blasts into the
lead en route to another 1-1
performance.
