MOTOCROSS
LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS
ROUND 5 / JUNE 23, 2018
MUDDY CREEK RACEWAY / BLOUNTVILLE, TENNESSEE
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behind Tomac's 1-3. Musquin ended up third with a 5-1. Then
came Roczen (3-4) and Baggett (4-5).
With his fifth overall win out of the five races run so far in 2018,
Tomac extended his points lead to 32 over Musquin, while Barcia
trails Musquin by 26 as the series heads to the sand of South-
wick next weekend.
250MX
Plessinger got a perfect start at the beginning of moto one, grab-
bing the holeshot, but he promptly washed the front and crashed
only four turns into the race, remounting outside the top 10. Alex
Martin (TLD/Red Bull KTM) took over the lead with his brother
Jeremy on his tail. It took Jeremy Martin a few laps to get by Alex
for the lead, but he made a pass stick just after Alex cased a big
uphill triple. From there, Jeremy led the rest of the race while
Alex crashed out of second a handful of laps later.
Jeremy took the win over Plessinger's teammate Justin Coo-
per, Shane McElrath (TLD/Red Bull KTM), RJ Hampshire (Geico
Honda), and Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Austin
races ago. "I had two good starts and
was running at the front in both mo-
tos," he said. "Overall, I rode well. My
hand is still a problem, though. I have
about 15 minutes in me before I lose
the feeling in it. When that happens,
I get whiskey throttle and my hand
blows off the handlebars."
HILL TO FINISH IT OUT
It's official; the Autotrader/Yoshimu-
ra/Suzuki Team says that Justin
Hill will finish out the season in the
450MX class. Hill rode the first three
rounds in the 250MX class and is
now already 13th in points in the
450MX class.
Briefly...
Roczen leads Tomac in
the first moto but didn't
quite have the pace to
stay out front. He just
missed out finishing on
the podium.
