Spring Creek National FULL 450 Moto 1 | 2022 Pro Motocross

At the midway point of the season, Honda's Chase Sexton leads the points in the 450 Pro Motocross class, but the 23-year-old feels pressure from veteran Yamaha rider Eli Tomac, who is within a point after scoring three consecutive victories in 450

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. 1 of Spring Creek is ready for entry, we have entered the second half of the 12-round Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing, it's the fresh tortillas Spring Creek National, we talk about the 450 class here at Pro Motocross and right now' talking about Eli Tomac, five straight Moto wins three straight overall wins on the weekend, he's absolutely on a roll in pursuit of his fourth 450

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cross championship, but he's still not the points leader, scratching and scratching the advantage that the chase that Sexton had built up at the beginning.

Hello everyone, Jason White again joined by two-time AMA National Champion Jeremy Martin, there's nothing better than a points race that closes in the middle, yes us. In the seventh round, with a one point difference, Eli is in the race. Chase was the fastest in practice. I think we're set for a good day today, wouldn't you say absolutely? We'll show you what it looks like here with our MX. versus the ATV Legends track map here we're at the bottom of Mount Martin I really want to get a clean ride up this thing it's absolutely wide open on a 250 to get this triple uphill and then if you can try to switch and You're speeding in this thing and then you should and then you turn around and here we are, man, all of Mount Martin, as fast as you can, navigate the rough terrain here to the bottom and that's Mount Martin and That's it, you we have in the game here, Jerry, yeah, it looks good, team FXR, okay, that's your MX versus ATV Legends track map, let's get ready to start with the first Moto 450 of the day, here are the points, as we mentioned, the one point gap between Sexton. and Tomac and Ken Roxanne Jason Anderson, the rest have been pretty much left adrift, so it's essentially a two-rider championship fight with plenty of other spoilers in the mix that will make the race a lot more intriguing and a lot of different riders.

They feel they can win today. and they could be stealing points from each other, including one of the Horsemen who would love to get a win. He's back in his home state since he first came out of retirement. Ryan Dungey talked to him when we get back. Why not? You, Ryan Ryan's dungeon, yes, and Honda celebrating 50 years of off-road dominance. You got the preview of the GoPro course here, courtesy of Justin Barsha from the previous ranking, throwing it aside, of course, yes, we like a Marsha GoPro, we can really hear him rap at

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speed. it's going to open up there what a great shot just to see them fall off the throttle

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brakes send downhill yeah super steep hill that's your GoPro course preview courtesy of Justin Barsha Today's big story is the return of Ryan Dungey and when he decided returning to racing after a five-year hiatus from the sport he was dabbling in in Uncharted Territory, but that's really been Ryan Dungey throughout his career exceeding expectations on his way to becoming one of the greatest foreigners of all. the times.

Dungey didn't have tons of trophies or titles as an amateur, but Suzuki team manager Roger Decoster saw something in him that everyone else missed. The Minnesota rider won the first AMA Supercross race of his career, demonstrating his potential. He became a weekly podium finisher and winning threat in the 250 class culminating in 2009 when he bested Christophe Porcell in a controversial tight end fight to claim the 250

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championship in 2010. Dungey took his career to another level by jumping to the 450 class with immediate success capturing Supercross and Motocross titles for Suzuki as a two-year rookie. Dungey Decoster and Ian Harrison would later move to KTM and immediately renew the brand's fortunes.

Stunji would win two more 450 national championships in 2012 and 2015. When he called it a dungeon pro, he would rank second in most of the statistical categories most important to everyone. 450 success in

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this season. Dungey was meant to be a safe first vote. The AMA Hall of Famer, one of the most consistent drivers in the history of the sport, decided to come out of retirement and compete again in

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from the couch to the top. five and it shouldn't be a surprise because Dungey has already gone from being an ignored fan to one of the biggest champions in motocross racing i.e. cmx vs ATV Legends bio.

Minnesota's own Ryan Dungey, you know him well, yeah, he's a good guy who did a lot of laps here as an amateur racer. on the day and I would like to see some important things today. I'm really rooting for him. Yes, you and many others here in Millville, let's send it to Jason Thomas. Eli Tomac has been on a streak, he has won. five engines in a row in the last three GCs, now the biggest change has been his starting position and one thing I want to point out is that he is one of the only drivers today who is stuck with the Dunlop Scoop tire that you can see here, so obviously he he knows.

How important is that start, there's a lot going on for Eli Tomek right now, we'll talk about tire choice in a moment, but you also want to mention that he already won the Monster Energy Supercross Championship this year and that's why he's been nominated for an award SP for best male athlete and action sports, so if you're watching right now you can scan that QR code and it will take you right to your opportunity to vote, that's important for sport, yes, absolutely, I definitely went there and they voted, like that which I hope everyone watching does the same, that's right, let's push Motocross and Supercross, let's talk about getting tires out, uh, it's good for the start, but maybe a compromise on other parts of the track, yes, absolutely, You know, it looks like my dad put on a little Dozer.

Burnouts and things like that, hopefully that will help open up the track, but if you can get a good start, you can follow your lines, you're in a pretty good place, those are KTM's keys to Moto's clean start on that line. conscience, we saw him catch a couple of 250 riders on that first lap, yes absolutely, just be aware that they put a little water on the line change, so keep in mind that here is Moto one of the 450 .class and Dungey looking good getting candy from the inside Joyce Hibachi Eli Tomac goes for it I think Ken Roxette is there too, Savachi is credited with the whole shot but takes the maximum quickly to the head, yeah it's amazing that Eli have a good start.

That's a good deal, it might as well be Scoop Tire helping his other riders race in a more middle-of-the-road look, like you've got Sexton and Dungey in the picture and we're heading to the Sandwoofs, but right now Savante's second and Tomac are already trying to escape there. Is Dungy in third place pressuring Savaci? He wants to go with Tomac Sexton there too. Yes, he is pushing to try and move forward, but an alarming head start for Tomac must be more than a second and we are only a third away. of the road around the first lap and dungey has heat now from Sexton well you know Dungey wants to bring it today with the crowd cheering him on and he did the first job he got a good start when they come back down the hill they are starting to spin to Tomac a little bit about Jason Anderson Anderson finally getting a good first clean lap.

He hadn't seen that in a long time. Oh Dungey makes a mistake coming out of his turn and just like that, Sexton is at third. Oh Dungey pushing hard and. We've seen a couple of mistakes from him that are definitely not characteristic of the multiple champion. He comes back right after Sexton fell off that wall. The top of the hill almost got Sexton back. He's going for it, yes, he's going to do it. a line there on the inside didn't work now they catch up to savachi who's in second oh another mistake for number five but he's able to get the section back pretty quickly yeah yeah they're pretty tight right now Anderson fifth Barsha six I think Craig It's great with Alex Martin, it's your brother in ninth place and Plesinger in tenth, so not a good start for a man who was on the podium last week with Aaron Plessinger.

Sexton knows what he has to do and has made a great effort to move forward. after sabachi and savachi run hard for a second oh trying to stay in this battle let's see if Sexton can make it oh he falls oh that was a tough break he almost fell off the high side that could have really hurt and that it'll be about 10th place with Freddie Norrin and Alex Martin, man it could change quickly, oh go ahead, what a bummer for Joey. Awesome start, only there's a hard foundation to this track and unfortunately, as you can see, he caught Joey. off guard that allows Sexton to get what he wants which is second and focus on Tomac Anderson has taken the measure of Dungey who is third for the Monster Energy Kawasaki Rider as we head to San, woops leave it to Jason Thomas, well, you I saw Joey Savaci go down there and I saw him at the exit of 250.

He was watching Justin Cooper's door like a hawk. He saw him go to the exact same door and make a big exit there, so he was onto something early in that gay position. It's unfortunate that that's Up in Smoke, now the savats are going to be out of the top 10 because of the accident. We can show you here with a replay in a moment, so here's Hibachi under pressure from Sexton, yeah, unfortunately he just comes in here. and as you can see right here, he really has nothing to bank on and you can see the thrust of the front tire and he put his foot down and tried to save it, he put in a lot of effort, unfortunately he just got it.

Okay, so there's no berm for Bank out of there on the line he chose and that was the end of the 17. We'll see if Sexton can make a run at Tomac Dungey trying to hold on to Anderson for third place. Ken Roxon is below. What a strange place to go down. I'm curious to see if, maybe, we could record that on camera and see what happened backwards on the track so that it's looking for a ton of room so we can finally make a U-turn. Do it and it will end up not in last place. , but that's a 55.

That's Rod Bell, who is 23rd to Roxanne in 23rd and usually does his best work early in races, so this will be completely different. Situation: I'll tell you what we've seen. Things went wrong too often for Roxin at Millville last year, in a first turn crash, Shamoto didn't finish and then came back to win Moto 2. You're right, I definitely remember that last one. year he had a nasty accident in the first corner Sexton is doing it he's trying to close the gap on Tomac this is exactly the battle we wanted to see this is definitely the battle we wanted to see and Eli, you have Eli up front Chase is able to see what that he's going maybe he can learn some lines maybe we'll see some kind of yo-yo effect like Moto one in the 250 class with the Lawrence brothers, that would be nice if we could get them to plug in the beta bikes.

Drone camp, remember Tomac went for the full scoop, the saddest mud tire, the Dunlop mx-14, and that was definitely better for the start and it worked, got to the front early, we'll see now if the intermediate tire maybe come into play. The track gets harder as the Moto progresses, yes absolutely, I think you're starting to see the track definitely get harder as time goes on. I was a little surprised to see Eli pick the scoop but obviously you know he must have been thinking a lot about that start um and I guess it's paid off for him so far and um you know Chase is there Eli has won every Moto in the ones he has led this year, it is very difficult to surpass him later in the races, it is still quite early at the moment. and Sexton is doing it, he's hanging it and he's closing the gap, yes absolutely, he's getting a little loose getting to the top of Mount Martin, he's got to make it five Moto wins in a row for Eli Sexton knows that points lead it could change.

Hands here if Tomac gets the win, yes, I've had the pleasure of being able to train with the Tomac family and I've learned a lot of things from Eli and what his racing ability is like and the things he thinks about when he's around. riding and how he's able to conserve energy throughout the Moto and things like that, it's actually very impressive, well I'm glad you brought that point up because we always see him very strong late and a lot of that is due to fitness. but how much of it is that and how much of it is in himself at the beginning of the Moto?

I think he's very good at handling that. I'm John Tomac, obviously I trained with him, he taught me quite a bit over the years when I was there and as you can see Eli got a little loose on the way down but he's such a strong guy he was able to save him but coming back to John Tomaki , I learned a lot from him and as you can see, I think Eli, uh, is under good tutelage, oh yeah, and that's what led him to four national championships, three in this class and also the Monster Energy Supercross title this year, but Sexton has to ignore all thoseMonster Energy Supercross only when he's starting to finish his career so it might be the last time fans see him on these tracks and Cooper the last time Tomac sees these tracks so I try to savor it and what a way. to go out if he chooses to make this his last season in Motocross, he wants it to be a championship season.

Sexton won't make it easy for him. Hey, good to see Savachi back on top. Yes, it's good to see him walking. They know it's when they see a guy fall so hard, they know they hope he gets back up and can get back on the horse and keep it up. At least he can make it to the end of 17. uh. However, he is not where he wanted to be because he started this race as he saw him in front, but in two early accidents, the checkered flag is out. Eli Tomac has six straight Moto wins, including a Moto win here at Millville, it's a tough thing to do to have six wins in a row. wins in this series in the main sport with the type of competition we have seen this year Sexton second looking at Anderson here, he needed this a couple of difficult weekends not because of lack of speed, but first because of his crashes and almost anything that could go wrong. went wrong for Anderson's charges, it's close, it was honest and we finally got timing and score here three seconds was the margin between Anderson and Dungey and uh Dungey with a final margin of 217 in the last round for Tomac, by the way, over Sexton 14 seconds and the debriefing with the team is already starting and the way this exercise is going.

I mean, you've been there, they only have a one hour turnaround time, so they want to get a brief briefing from the rider, they take the bike and already start making the changes while Tomac's recovery begins, but he will also be found with us at the The podium to talk about another Moto victory in the foreign season of Pro Motocross is presented by NAPA Auto Parts with a nationwide parts network and Care Napa helps you get up and going. Honda is celebrating 50 years of off-road dominance and Lucas Oil is keeping that going. live engine back here to Spring Creek in Millville Minnesota breaks between our first set of engines and our second set, we just finished 450 Moto number one, Eli Tomac, who came out victorious, but that doesn't really tell you the whole story, he had a fight. in your hands of Chase Sexton, we'll show you with the Lucas Oil career summary.

Jason Wagon and Jeremy Martin are off to a good start, it's a sign of number three that Joey Savaci will overtake him on the 17th, the Monster. Energy Kawasaki Chase Sexton right between them Tomac took the lead early and that's a big hurdle to overcome, but Sexton was ready, yeah, he definitely fought hard here, unfortunately, you see Joey go down right here, he had another accident later. But, Sexton, how about that battle? Yes, yes, he tried. Ken is great, we're not exactly sure what happened here, but he had his problems early and recovered outside the top 20.

And he would finish that Moto, I think in 19th place. Here's the pass. Elite puts it over Tomac, yeah it's amazing, coming down Mount Martin, these guys are completely revved up. Tomac tried to stop him. Chase put sexton in the lead and he starts to pull away and then he breaks up right here and unfortunately comes Chase. with a loud boom, the front blows, burns with its front end, Eli comes in and takes the lead, yes, thank you very much, says number three and just like that, not only a moto victory, but this will be enough to take over of the points advantage because he was down by one and had a three-point difference between a first and a second place, which would give Tomac a two-point advantage since we are halfway through the day, so another moto for May Sexton do well. try to get that red plate back, send him to the podium Jason Thomas has Eli Tomac, your first Moto winner Eli Tomac, you get the first Moto win now it seems like you have every chance and it seems like you're trying to take a break and then maybe you had to adjust the pace a little bit when Sexton came around you, yeah, I was uh, I was going hard and to be honest, it's almost like being in front, um, that maybe hurt me a little bit, you know, Chase was. able to try different lines, obviously I was going very fast but I had better lines and I was opening some corners and I had better momentum, so I realized that, although after the fact, after it happened to me, it was a good learning that Moto Obviously he took advantage.

It was his mistake, so he comes back, tries to get a little better and hopefully stay out front the whole time next time, so I wanted to ask you about that scoop. Tire, you're one of the only ones, if not the only one, who chose that, obviously. It worked at the start, did you feel like you had to be a little less aggressive on the track because of that? Well, to be honest, no. I've gotten comfortable with it, so I've been using it a lot at home. The track even has some bass to it so it's working for me and we're executing it well so here we go, we're even going to put that thing out for Moto number two.

Eli Tomac, that's the new scoop. He pulls the Dunlop MX-14 that actually just debuted. For the public last week, Southwick, he Anderson's results over Dungy and Craig, so Anderson needed this man to right the ship after a lot of difficult engines. He's on the podium, let's send him to JT. Thanks Chase Sexton, great trip. you make a little mistake there, it costs you your back is destroyed here if we can prove it, huh, but I mean incredible pace until the mistake guides us through it, yeah, it felt super good, I knew it was going to be a dogfight between me and Eli, I had some good lines and I was able to get around it and then just a little mistake there put the front end in and then the bike that I just flipped came over and hit me, so, all good.

Gotta clean some things up, get ready for the second Moto, but overall we're good, well here we go, he's trying to get the positive out of him, he's not depressed, yes, absolutely, that's what I thought too, he's ready for a second . Moto uh, Moto's second battle and ready to charge, I tell you what it looks like every time Sexton falls to the ground and ends up taking a body shot or a shot to the face every time this kid is tough. Here's your next schedule on a Lucas Oil Pro Motocross. presented by motorsport.com, we're going to Washougal in Washington next week and then a couple of weekends off and back for the final stretch of four rounds Unadilla buds Creek Iron Man and Pala, which is Fox Raceway 2.

Oh, there it is where they started this series and prepared this track for this second set of bikes. Small revenge perhaps in sight between the brothers Lawrence and Sexton and Tomac, but first more difficult on the podium with Jason Thomas. Jason Anderson is a bit of a lonely journey. Ryan Dungey was lurking there the whole time, were you able to save some energy on that Moto One? Yeah, you know, I haven't been able to save much energy on these previous Motos in racing, so come here. starting well and just running third is good, I just didn't have the pace for those guys, especially with the conditions we have today, but we have another engine, let's see if we can put it on. that Monster Energy Kawasaki up there and try to fight for a podium and see if maybe we can get a bike, thanks, that's Jason Anderson who took an overall win earlier in the year with a first and a third. that day so that's what you'd like to aim for again here's our schedule the next race you can watch on MAV TV or uh MAV TV on the Flow Racing app yeah we'll have our practice show on TV on MAV TV during the first time will be at one o'clock Eastern time, 10 o'clock local in Washington state and then four straight hours of coverage both on television and then streaming with Bath TV on Flow Racing starting at four Eastern and until eight on Easter, so that's our next race next Saturday, July 23rd from Washougal Washington, the track conditions are totally different, but we're not done here in the middle of the day in uh Millville Minnesota and we're not forget to vote for Eli Tomac for the SB award for best male athlete.

Sports, you can scan that QR code right now Jeremy Martin, you're already screened, oh yeah, I made sure to get in there right away so all the fans watching and listening to tune in or not or go vote, yeah, that's awesome for the sport. If Tom can get that award, we have seen Motocross athletes in Supercroth win that before, this is a really interesting statistic if you look at how Tomac builds championships, this is Motocross and Supercross this year, look at the scores from the first 12 main events or bikes is almost identical, it's not as impressive, amazing, yeah, I mean, it starts out a little slow, um and then it really starts to build steam, it seems like after the right in the fourth round, yeah, and in Supercross, for Of course that led to a championship, the winning streak came to an end, he injured his knee and Anderson finished the year with a real blast, but Tomac did it, but it won't be easy for him in Moto 2 because Chase Sexton is in his game today Coulda, shoulda, would be in the first moto for Sexton.

I'm looking forward to those two fighting a little later, other riders definitely want to do it again when they had problems on their first motos, don't worry we're only halfway to a lot more. racing to get there from Spring Creek, but for now we congratulate our first photo winner, Eli Tomac.