MOTO 1: Marvin Musquin grabbed a wire-to-wire victory in the first 250 Class moto at High Point, reclaiming the points lead from Jeremy Martin in the process.
Musquin edged out GEICO Honda’s Matt Bisceglia for the MotoSport.com Holeshot Award and was able to keep himself out front for the duration of the moto.
Bisceglia wasn’t the only GEICO Honda rider off to a good start – RJ Hampshire and Christian Craig also put themselves up front early. Hampshire was able to use that start to put himself in second place, but he eventually ceded the position to Adam Cianciarulo after a battle between the two. Cianciarulo was unable to run down Musquin but held on to finish second, a new career high.
After two weeks of bad luck, Alex Martin finally bounced back to earn third place.
As for his brother Jeremy Martin, the points leader got a bad start and had to work his way through the field. He came on strong late, passing RJ Hampshire to move into the top five, then taking fourth place from Zach Osborne with two laps to go. Unable to get in position to pass Alex before the end of the moto, Jeremy would finish there in fourth.
Jeremy Martin lost seven points to Musquin in the moto, putting Musquin back on top of the points lead, at least temporarily, by just a single point.
Osborne rounded out the top five.
MOTO 2:
The points lead in the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship 250 Class has already gone back and forth several times throughout the season, and once again, the red plate has changed hands. Red Bull KTM’s Marvin Musquin earned his second overall win of the season by sweeping both motos at the UPMC Sports Medicine High Point National.
While Musquin was dominant, his rival in the championship battle had an off day. A pair of bad starts left Jeremy Martin scrambling to pass riders and salvage points in both motos.
Musquin started the day off as the Bud Light Fastest Qualifier in practice and carried that speed over into the motos, as he was in total control of the day’s first race. The Frenchman earned the MotoSport.com Holeshot Award, beating out a trio of GEICO Honda riders, and led every lap of the race to take the checkered flag.
Martin, meanwhile, found himself in 10th place after the opening lap. He made a number of passes over the course of the race and was closing in on his older brother, Alex Martin, for third place on the final lap but ran out of time. Alex Martin bounced backed from the bad luck he experienced the last two weeks to finish third, Jeremy settled for fourth.
Ahead of them, Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki’s Adam Cianciarulo recorded a new career high with a second-place finish in the moto.
The second moto featured another dominant display from Musquin, although Zach Osborne was able to prevent him from winning a second moto in wire-to-wire fashion. Osborne grabbed the MotoSport.com Holeshot Award and led the first lap of the race before committing a mistake that Musquin was able to capitalize on to take over the top spot.
Musquin went on to lead the final 16 laps of the moto, and Osborne would hang on to second place. Joey Savatgy rounded out the top three in the moto.
Once again, Jeremy Martin was forced to work his way through the field. He was 19th after the first lap of Moto 2, putting him firmly in the middle of the pack. As he’s done before though, Martin was strong in picking off riders, eventually working his way into the top five. With about eight minutes left in the moto, that set up a showdown with his brother Alex for fourth place. Jeremy Martin would make the pass, giving him not just the position and two extra points, but also knocking Alex off the overall podium and putting himself on it.
Musquin’s 1-1 sweep gave him his second overall victory of the season. Zach Osborne (5-2) finished second overall, matching the career high he set just two weeks ago at Thunder Valley. Jeremy Martin (4-4) was able to sneak onto the podium in third overall thanks to his late pass of his brother.
As the series heads into an off week before resuming at Budds Creek, Musquin now has an eight point lead over Martin in the championship standings after trailing by six points entering the day.
250 MOTO 1 RESULTS
1. Marvin Musquin
2. Adam Cianciarulo
3. Alex Martin
4. Jeremy Martin
5. Zach Osborne
6. Joey Savatgy
7. RJ Hampshire
8. Christian Craig
9. Aaron Plessinger
10. Jessy Nelson
11. Shane McElrath
12. Matt Bisceglia
13. Mitchell Oldenburg
14. Kyle Peters
15. Chris Alldredge
16. Jordon Smith
17. Luke Renzland
18. Jackson Richardson
19. Dakota Alix
20. Nick Gaines
250 CLASS OVERALL RESULTS
1. Marvin Musquin (1-1)
2. Zach Osborne (5-2)
3. Jeremy Martin (4-4)
4. Alex Martin (3-5)
5. Joey Savatgy (6-3)
6. Adam Cianciarulo (2-12)
7. Christian Craig (8-7)
8. Jessy Nelson (10-8)
9. Aaron Plessinger (9-10)
10. Shane McElrath (11-9)
11. Jordon Smith (16-6)
12. Matt Bisceglia (12-11)
13. Kyle Peters (14-13)
14. Mitchell Oldenburg (13-14)
15. RJ Hampshire (7-37)
16. Chris Alldredge (15-15)
17. Luke Renzland (17-16)
18. Dakota Alix (19-17)
19. Jackson Richardson (18-18)
20. Zack Williams (21-19)