VOL. 54 ISSUE 34 AUGUST 29, 2017 P65
I've really, really wanted to do, and we've been
building and building, and I had a little bit of a
rough patch in the middle of the year, then the
last few races have come around for me."
In the second moto, Nichols duked it out
with Martin for the whole moto. He actually
passed Martin for third around halfway, but
Martin went to school on Nichols' lines and
then zapped him back on the final lap to steal
third place back from the Yamaha pilot. Still,
the 3-4 score gave Nichols his first-ever po-
dium overall finish outdoors, and he was sad
to see the series end.
"It's actually really a bummer that we have to
stop and we're all done racing for the season,"
Nichols said. "I was actually starting to find my
stride in these last few rounds, but the team
just kept working and working and working.
We needed to improve on the bike, and they
just kept getting after it. That's what I contribute
all of this to. Last weekend was great, and this
weekend was even better. I'm pumped." CN
know it's the last round, but hey,
I'll take it any way I can get it. My
heart's a little heavy for Chase
[Sexton]; two laps to go and he
ran into a lapper and crashed. He
was riding really awesome. He's a
good friend of mine, too, but man,
it feels good. This is something
cont. on next page
(Left) Adam
Cianciarulo
(36) is finally
showing
some
consistency
in the 250MX
class but
it comes
too late. He
finished out
the day in
second and
the year in
third.
(Below)
Colt Nichols
finished out
the year on
the 250MX
podium.
