MOTOCROSS
LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS
ROUND 12 / AUGUST 26, 2017
CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA / IRONMAN MX
P58
like, 'No way! I had it!' So I just
kept charging and fought my
way back, all the way to first.
I was a bit lucky for Marvin to
have a small crash, but it doesn't
matter; I had a 1-1 and I showed I
was the fastest guy on the track,
100 percent."
As for Musquin, he had a very
narrow chance at the champion-
ship, but was primarily focused
on beating Baggett for second in
the title chase, and winning the
race.
was going to catch him. Sud-
denly, on the last lap, Musquin
went off the track after fumbling
a roller section, and Herlings
inherited the lead, and went on
to finish with a 1-1 score in his
AMA debut.
"I was fastest all day; I was
fastest in each practice, and in
the first moto and also second
moto," Herlings said. "I was so
pissed at myself when I crashed
at the start and I had to start
dead-last second moto. I was
moto two, then tangled with
Honda privateer Freddy Noren
and went down on the opening
lap. Restarting in 38th place on
lap one, he passed 16 riders
on the opening lap, and while
putting in the fastest laps on
the track, passed Baggett for
second with three laps to go. At
that point, he was gaining about
a second or two per lap on
Musquin out front, but Musquin
had a lead of over 10 seconds,
so it looked unlikely that Herlings
