CHAMPIONSHIP
VOL. 55 ISSUE 14 APRIL 10, 2018 P51
MUDDY HILL
After losing Justin Barcia quite a few
races ago, Monster Energy Yamaha
brought on a former Factory Yamaha
racer in Josh Hill to fill-in for Barcia in
Seattle. Hill is from the Pacific North-
west, and although he's been working
a desk job at Monster Energy for a
couple of years (while also competing
at X Games, doing videos and such),
Hill finished just behind his teammate
Cooper Webb in the heat race, then
was running inside the top five in the
main event, only to have a fall and drop
off the pace. "I didn't really have too
many plans to do this," Hill said. "Just
kind of decided to do it two weeks ago.
I've been racing snow bikes and free
riding. Actually worked an office job the
last three years at Monster Energy, but
they let me back out of the office and
got me back on the track. I couldn't be
happier. I'm having so much fun. The
result on the whole wasn't great but the
day on the whole was awesome. It was
so good to be back on the gate racing
with the world's best. I got off to two
really good starts and it felt so good
to be mixing it up with the top guys
again. I had a small tip-over when I was
running fourth in the main but all in all,
I'm just happy to be back and happy to
be under the Monster Energy/Yamaha
Factory Racing Tent." Hill also said he
was bummed that it was a mudder. "It
sucks for everybody, really," Hill said.
"It's not that fun. Every picture of me
Briefly...
Tomac rode smart and conservatively to
nab his sixth win of the year.
