The final round of the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championships came in to Crawfordsville, Indiana with a 450 Champion to crown. Three guys had a shot and one man was there to play spoiler.
As soon as the green flag flew on practice, there was only one thing being discussed. "This Jeffrey Herlings is for real." Wow.... that's it. The guy left the Netherlands and came over just days before the round to prepare for the upcoming USGP in Florida. A last minute decision to race Ironman as a chance to acclimate himself to America turned in to a fastest qualifying and 1-1 moto score kind of day.
 |
| Photo: Kyle Pesci |
Behind Herlings it'd be the Kawasaki of Eli Tomac doing what needed to be done to win his first 450 motocross championship. The daily results may not have been as liked (5-6) but the outcome remained the same and a champion, Tomac became.
The premier class would see an orange sweep as KTM riders of three separate teams Jeffrey Herlings, Marvin Musquin and Blake Baggett would respectively take the podium in the same order in both motos and the overalls.
 |
| Photo: Kyle Pesci |
Already crowned the 250 class champion, Zach Osborne was not done. The Husqvarna rider would go 1-1 for the overall victory with Adam Cianciarulo and Colt Nichols in tow to round out the podium.
Impressive rides by Nick Gaines, who scored a 10th in moto 2 onboard his Traders Yamaha and the number 105 of Steven Clarke who showed some serious speed but had lackluster results. We'd also like to note a top 10 qualifying time by Hunter Sayles on his number 367 KTM.
And now...The Others
250
- 105 Steven Clarke
- 231 Jayce Pennington
- 355 Joey Crown
- 677 Cody Williams
- 570 Cody VanBuskirk
- 332 Jeremy Hand
- 130 Austin Root
- 645 Cheyenne Harmon
- 904 Jarett Pesci
- 325 Cody Chisholm
- 700 Jimmy Weeks
- 924 Greg Durivage
- 716 Timothy Crosby
- 421 Jesse Kirchmeyer
- 986 Lane Shaw
- 449 Dakota Kessler
- 202 Luke Hempen
- 509 Alex Nagy
- 657 Justin Wolf
- 731 Steve Roman
- 367 Hunter Sayles
450
- 77 Ben LaMay
- 125 Josh Mosiman
- 68 Heath Harrison
- 921 Isaac Teasdale
- 170 Zack Williams
- 718 Toshiki Tomita
- 412 Jared Lesher
- 96 Vann Martin
- 606 Ronnie Stewart
- 151 Dakota Tedder
- 351 Eric Grondahl
- 993 Austin Wagner
- 270 Jacob Runkles
- 154 Brandon Scharer
- 282 Bubba Pauli
- 708 Joesph Perron
- 918 Michael Akaydin
- 975 Jake Loberg
- 401 Samuel Redman
- 596 Carson Tickle
- 265 Nick Fratz-Orr
That's it for the 2017 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championships and now the wait is on for Monster Energy Supercross. Riders will switch teams, numbers will change and we will have some off season races starting with the Motocross Des Nations, followed up by the Monster Energy Cup.
-Kyle Pesci
Click on the banner to learn more about Spectro Oils and keep an eye out for their logo on your favorite privateers.
Click on the banner to learn more about Spectro Oils and keep an eye out for their logo on your favorite privateers.
No comments:
Post a Comment