The riders and teams were welcomed back after the off weekend to torrential downpours and nearby tornadoes Friday night. Upon arrival to the track Saturday morning it was a graveyard of awning carcasses and wind flags scattered throughout the pits. The first practices were nearly a quagmire and riders were even getting stuck attempting to scale Mt. Martin. The crew did an amazing job to pull things together with a little help from mother nature in the form of sunshine and a nice breeze to help dry things out. The team however had an off day; for the first time since Glen Helen in round two, they did not have at least one rider on the podium. Jason Anderson has always been fast at Spring Creek. That did not change this past weekend as he set the 2nd fastest qualifying time in practice. The only rider in front of him was Ryan Dungey, who pretty much grew up there. In the opening moto his start was decent. somewhere around the top 5. Then as the pack came around again to cross the finish line for the first time, he was no longer there. In an attempt to make a pass, he tried to jump out of a rut and into another one. He got it halfway right, which never seems to work out and went down. When he finally did reappear, he was just inside the top 20. Anderson worked his way all the way back to 6th place by moto's end with a quite commendable effort. In the second moto, Jason made a curious choice with his gate pick, lining up all the way inside. He saw some dirt that was a little bit harder that he thought he could gain some traction on. It worked marvelously and he started right up front. Unfortunately he went the opposite direction in the last outing, ending up in the same position of 6th, garnering him 5th overall. He struggled a bit with his line choices and the track was beating him up. Sometimes being creative and looking around is required in those types of conditions, but when you struggle early, you lose the energy to do so. Jason Anderson : "I had a good practice and qualified in 2nd. In the first moto, I was up near the front and I took a little bit of a digger that put me way back and I came back to 6th. In the second moto I started up front again and went back to 6th. I just ran out of steam, the train slowed down. The track was pretty rough especially with the moisture we had the night before" Unlike his teammate, Zach Osborne has not had the best of experiences in Millville. Also contradictory to Anderson were Osborne's moto performances. While he too had the same moto scores in his first and second motos, he was stronger in the second go-around. In moto 1, he went backwards a bit, while in moto 2, he was catching and passing the guys who were giving him fits prior. It's always a good sign when a rider gets faster when the track gets rougher, but for Zach and the team, it takes two good motos every weekend. However; while they want no worse than podiums every time, 5th is not terrible by any means. Zach Osborne : "Today was pretty disappointing. I had decent speed in practice and felt ok on the track but in the first moto, I just didn't have a lot of pop and just got a mediocre 7th. I felt super flat and just couldn't get going. In the 2nd moto I got a really bad start around 20th or 25th and I came back to 7th for 5th overall. If this is my worst result for the rest of the season that will be ok, it's not so bad to get 5th on a bad day. I'm looking forward to Washougal, I like that track a lot. Moving forward to next week and i'm sure it will be better." Unlike his teammate, Zach Osborne has not had the best of experiences in Millville. Also contradictory to Anderson were Osborne's moto performances. While he too had the same moto scores in his first and second motos, he was stronger in the second go-around. In moto 1, he went backwards a bit, while in moto 2, he was catching and passing the guys who were giving him fits prior. It's always a good sign when a rider gets faster when the track gets rougher, but for Zach and the team, it takes two good motos every weekend. However; while they want no worse than podiums every time, 5th is not terrible by any means. Zach Osborne : "Today was pretty disappointing. I had decent speed in practice and felt ok on the track but in the first moto, I just didn't have a lot of pop and just got a mediocre 7th. I felt super flat and just couldn't get going. In the 2nd moto I got a really bad start around 20th or 25th and I came back to 7th for 5th overall. If this is my worst result for the rest of the season that will be ok, it's not so bad to get 5th on a bad day. I'm looking forward to Washougal, I like that track a lot. Moving forward to next week and i'm sure it will be better." The team heads to the beautiful Pacific Northwest next weekend and they are poised for possibly their best results of the year. Anderson has always coined Washougal as one of his favorite tracks and has been racing there since he used to attend Loretta Lynn's Regional Quailifers as a kid. Osborne is also very fond of the Washington track and excited to get back on the podium. For Pourcel, the surface just simply suits his style, giving him a natural upper hand on the competition. 450MX Overall 1. Ryan Dungey 1-1 2. Justin Barcia 2-2 3. Blake Baggett 4-3 4. Ken Roczen 3-4 5. Jason Anderson 6-6 6. Broc Tickle 5-7 7. Fredrik Noren 8-5 8. C. Pourcel 9-8 9. Phil Nicoletti 7-10 10. Josh Grant 10-9 11. Kyle Chisholm 11-11 12. Jesse Wentland 12-12 13. Jason Brooks 14-14 14. Andrew Short 16-15 15. K. Cunningham 13-18 16. G. Audette 20-13 17. N. Mcconahy 19-17 18. Ben Lamay 15-38 19. John Short 25-16 20. Heath Harrison 17-20 450MX Points 1. Ryan Dungey 353pts 2. Ken Roczen 297pts 3. Justin Barcia 284pts 4. Blake Baggett 250pts 5. Jason Anderson 227pts 6. Broc Tickle 220pts 7. C. Pourcel 211pts 8. Phil Nicoletti 176pts 9. Weston Peick 171pts 10. Fredrik Noren 161pts 11. Justin Brayton 132pts 12. Eli Tomac 125pts 13. Cole Seely 104pts 14. Kyle Chisholm 103pts 15. Wil Hahn 99pts 16. Tommy Hahn 72pts 17. K. Cunningham 70pts 18. Chad Reed 61pts 19. Jesse Wentland 58pts 20. Josh Grant 40pts 250MX Overall 1. Cooper Webb 1-2 2. Jeremy Martin 3-1 3. Joey Savatgy 2-4 4. Marvin Musquin 8-3 5. Zach Osborne 7-7 6. Aaron Plessinger 6-9 7. Jordon Smith 12-5 8. Shane McElrath 11-6 9. RJ Hampshire 5-12 10. Alex Martin 4-14 11. Matt Bisceglia 10-11 12. Jessy Nelson 15-10 13. Kyle Peters 9-17 14. M. Oldenburg 14-13 15. Luke Renzland 13-15 16. Chris Alldredge 22-8 17. Justin Hill 17-16 18. Jace Owen 16-18 19. Zack Williams 18-19 20. Daniel Baker 19-21 250MX Points 1. Jeremy Martin 343pts 2. Marvin Musquin 324pts 3. Zach Osborne 235pts 4. Joey Savatgy 231pts 5. Alex Martin 213pts 6. Jessy Nelson 205pts 7. A. Cianciarulo 178pts 8. Aaron Plessinger 169pts 9. Matt Bisceglia 163pts 10. Jordon Smith 157pts 11. Shane McElrath 156pts 12. RJ Hampshire 152pts 13. Chris Alldredge 150pts 14. Cooper Webb 127pts 15. Christian Craig 122pts 16. Kyle Peters 108pts 17. Mi. Oldenburg 99pts 18. Luke Renzland 81pts 19. Justin Hill 77pts 20. Anthony Rodriguez 42pts
