WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 55 ISSUE 11 MARCH 20, 2018 P73
he was running fourth, pressuring
Jeremy Martin for third when he went
down. He got up and began charg-
ing again, only to go down again,
much harder. He was forced out of
the event, and now Pro Circuit is likely
going to have him sit out at least one
round in Indianapolis to heal up, as the
championship is now out of his reach.
In the end, this means it's likely that
Davalos will end up in the 250cc class
for one more season, if he so choos-
es. The current rule for pointing out
of the class says that any racer who
amasses four seasons of scoring (un-
der current circumstances) over 135
points in a nine-race series must move
up to the 450cc class permanently.
Davalos has three such seasons, but
with 53 points to his credit right now,
and his slated participation in a maxi-
mum of three more races this year (out
of the four yet to be run in the 250cc
East), even if he wins all three, he will
end up with 131 points; four shy of the
limit. If he ends up in the 250cc class
again in 2019, it will be his 14th season
in the class.
SPLIT START
The starting gate in St. Louis was
placed on either side of the over/
under tunnel that is usually used as a
track obstacles that racers would jump
over, and then also ride under, during
the course of a lap. In St. Louis, it was
used to divide the two halves of the
starting gate while providing an area to
walk through.
GETTING GOING
Rookie Michael Mosiman (Rockstar
Energy Husqvarna) scored his first
top-10 of his career in St. Louis. "St.
Louis was good," Mosiman said. "I
had a good day in practice. My starts
Briefly...
a costly error, getting kicked off the top of a Dragon's Back and
going down awkwardly. Osborne took over the lead in front of
Jeremy Martin (Geico Honda) and Jordon Smith (TLD/Red Bull
KTM), and led the rest of the race.
"I got a really good start finally and that's what I've been need-
ing all year," Osborne said. "It's just been a matter of me going
out there and executing my start. Tonight I did that in the main
event, finally. I just tried to sit in there and be a little patient, find
some places that I felt like I could really hammer. I'm just super
happy to take this win here in St. Louis. It feels amazing. I'm su-
per happy to get a win and kind of get the ball rolling again. Last
weekend in Daytona I had a bit of a rough round, I was fourth. So
