The Others...Tennessee

Leading in to round five of the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championships the talk was rain. Severe weather threatened Tennessee and looked to make Muddy Creek Raceway live up to its name.

Photo: Joseph Tyring

With early morning rain, qualifying would start out wet but the clouds would break and after some time on the track, lap times would drop. Jeremy Martin put his Geico Honda atop the 250 class with a 1:52.311 while Husqvarna's Jason Anderson threw down the fastest lap of the day with a 1:51.030 in the 450 field.

Race action was prime. The dirt was that of chocolate cake and the tracked worked up to perfect racing conditions. Star Yamaha's Aaron Plessinger came out with a holeshot and win moto one performance and a second in moto two would secure the overall win. Zach Osborne put his Husky out front in moto two and his 5-1 would end his day second overall. Austin Forkner was consistent with 3-3 scores for third overall.

I feel like the 450 class has a group of guys who are geeked up at the chance to win motos with the absence of Ryan Dungey and some struggles of Eli Tomac. Tomac came out to show he is still a championship favorite by claiming the overall with 2-1 scores. Jason Anderson won moto one and would go on to finish second overall. Blake Baggett's 3-3 scores aren't what he'd call a good day and although good enough for third overall, his rides were very impressive. The number 4 went from 39th to 3rd in moto two to protect his points lead.

Rochester, Minnesota's Henry Miller took the number 81 to 16th overall after he backed up his moto one struggles with a 13th in moto two. Watch for the Triggr Racing rider to to be a constant inside that top 15.

And now...The Others

250

20. 78 Nick Gaines
21. 74 Bradley Taft
22. 172 Mark Worth
23. 179 Jon Ames
24. 791 Gustavo Souza
25. 716 Timothy Crosby
26. 370 Chandler Lindsay
27. 228 Donny Brown
28. 234 McCoy Brough
29. 640 Aaron Zielfelder
30. 208 William Lofstrom
31. 613 Nick Schnagl
32. 842 Jake Scott
33. 264 Tyler Kirschner
34. 130 Austin Root
35. 700 Jimmy Weeks
36. 702 Josiah Hempen
37. 818 Jimmy Barry
38. 746 Chase Stevenson 
39. 790 Michael Suire
40. 767 Mason Wharton 

450

20. 151 Dakota Tedder
21. 596 Carson Tickle
22. 637 Bobby Piazza
23. 921 Isaac Teasdale
24. 606 Ronnie Stewart 
25. 154 Brandon Scharer 
26. 170 Zack Williams
27. 281 Max Tannenbaum 
28. 270 Jacob Runkles
29. 927 Jamal Porter
30. 544 Morgan Burger
31. 265 Nick Fratz-Orr
32. 868 Michael Docherty
33. 581 Kyle Bitterman
34. 181 Dustin Pipes
35. 399 Broc Peterson
36. 918Michael Akaydin 
37. 96 Vann Martin
38. 727 Bradley Esper
39. 139 Nathan LaPorte
40. 14 Cole Seely

The series will now head to Buchanan, Michigan's RedBud. I can hear the yells already, Reeeeeeeeeeeed Buuuuuuuuuuuud!!!

-Kyle Pesci




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