Pro Motocross: Spring Creek 2021 Results – RM Rider Exchange

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The sixth round of the 2021 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship took place at the Spring Creek National in Millville, Minnesota on July 17. Spring Creek marks the halfway point of the season, but the points chase is far from over as the riders in both classes fought to keep their names in the running for their respective titles.

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450MX Report

Moto 1

The first 450 moto started with a massive pileup. Ken Roczen and Chase Sexton were both included in the mix, Sexton first running into Roczen and then flying off his own bike. Roczen eventually DNF’d the first moto, although he wasn’t seriously injured, and Sexton was playing catchup the rest of the event to salvage some points.

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The rough start for the Honda teammates left the door open for other riders like Justin Barcia to get some time up front. Barcia hasn’t consistently led races this season, but for the first moto, he was speeding around the track. Credited with the holeshot, Barcia led Adam Cianciarulo and Cooper Webb through the first lap. Coty Schock was in the action for a few turns, but a mechanical issue forced his bike off the track after the third lap.

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Eli Tomac is another rider that had to play catchup after the first turn pileup. Though he wasn’t included in it, he had to slow down for it, and ended up in 14th place by the end of the first lap. For the entirety of the moto, Tomac was on the gas charging towards the top 3. Back in the top 3, Barcia was still leading, but Christian Craig had managed to make it around Webb for 3rd place. Dylan Ferrandis and Aaron Plessinger were closing in as well, with Tomac finding himself in 7th place by the 10-minute mark.

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In 2nd place, Cianciarulo was all over Barcia. He had closed the gap, but Ferrandis had moved up several positions to close the gap between 2nd and 3rd place. Before he could make a move, Cianciarulo washed out and had to exit the track to fix a throttle issue. This left Barcia, Ferrandis, and Tomac in the top 3 spots, and they were each on the offensive. Ferrandis launched several pass attempts on Barcia, but BamBam was riding aggressively. Nothing was able to stick before the checkered flag and the top 3 crossed the finish line in that order, followed by Craig and Plessinger.

Moto 2

Still on fire from his first moto, Barcia grabbed the holeshot and early lead of the second 450 moto. Roczen had some points to make up after his DNF, though, and wasn’t playing any games with Barcia. He blew past him in a turn and didn’t look back, checking out with the lead and leaving Barcia to fend off Sexton, Tomac, and Craig.

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Ferrandis was having a tougher second moto as he crashed at the bottom of Mount Martin and then got involved in a pileup with Marvin Musquin and teammate Plessinger. Ferrandis managed to climb to 25th place before crashing again, but he got up and started climbing positions for the second time.

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Back up front, Roczen was still unchallenged in the lead. The top 5 riders all but settled into their positions, and it made for a more consistent and uneventful moto. Roczen, Barcia, and Sexton finished in the top 3 with Tomac taking 4th and Ferrandis racing to an impressive 5th-place finish. His 1-2 finishes for the day saw Barcia taking 1st overall. Tomac finished in 2nd and Ferrandis finished in 3rd with Sexton and Craig rounding out the top 5. Roczen’s win following his DNF earned him a 9th overall for the day.

450MX Results

Pos.	No.	Name	M1	M2	Points	Overall
1	51	Justin Barcia	1	2	46	207
2	3	Eli Tomac	3	4	38	205
3	14	Dylan Ferrandis	2	5	38	262
4	23	Chase Sexton	7	3	34	193
5	29	Christian Craig	4	6	32	156
6	7	Aaron Plessinger	5	9	28	191
7	25	Marvin Musquin	8	8	26	141
8	94	Ken Roczen	40	1	25	230
9	17	Joey Savatgy	11	7	24	121
10	15	Dean Wilson	10	10	22	82
11	34	Max Anstie	9	11	22	80
12	43	Fredrik Noren	12	13	17	58
13	28	Brandon Hartranft	14	12	16	71
14	19	Justin Bogle	13	14	15	73
15	2	Cooper Webb	6	23	15	148
16	97	Ben LaMay	15	15	12	16
17	57	Justin Rodbell	16	16	10	33
18	376	Chris Canning	19	17	6	28
19	87	Curren Thurman	17	21	4	4
20	83	Alex Ray	38	18	3	4
21	270	Jacob Runkles	18	24	3	5
22	441	Scott Meshey	36	19	2	9
23	951	Ryan Surratt	23	20	1	18
24	122	Jeremy Hand	20	40	1	4
25	148	Bryce Hansen	25	22	0	0
26	314	Tyler Stepek	22	29	0	10
27	371	Dawson Ryker	27	26	0	0
28	916	Justin Rando	26	28	0	0
29	483	Bryton Carroll	24	33	0	0
30	193	Hunter Schlosser	21	36	0	0
31	144	Nicolas Rolando	28	30	0	0
32	647	Matthew Hubert	35	25	0	0
33	315	Cody Groves	29	31	0	3
34	139	Nathen LaPorte	31	32	0	0
35	181	Wyatt Lyonsmith	33	35	0	0
36	440	Pierce Knight	32	38	0	0
37	72	Coty Schock	37	37	0	47
38	999	Nicholas Tomasunas	39	39	0	0
39	794	Bryce Backaus	DNF	27	0	1
40	391	Rody Schroyer	30	DNF	0	0
41	9	Adam Cianciarulo	34	DNF	0	147
42	281	Cory Carsten	DNF	34	0	0

250MX Report

Moto 1

Justin Cooper got out front early on in the first 250 moto, leading Jeremy Martin, Nate Thrasher, and Max Vohland. Most of the action in the race revolved around these riders, starting with Vohland and Thrasher. Vohland came speeding into the Whoops, crashing into Thrasher and sending Thrasher to the ground. When he got up, Thrasher was clutching his shoulder and eventually was taken off the track by the medical team.

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Cooper, still in the lead, was beginning to face mounting pressure from Martin. With his lead being whittled down, Cooper got on the defensive. Martin started to make a few pass attempts, but none of them stuck until Martin made a fast-paced charge down, ironically enough, Martin Mountain. It was enough to push Cooper back to 2nd place and slot Martin into 1st.

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Cooper wasn’t able to retake the lead by the checkered flag. Martin, Cooper, and Michael Mosiman finished in the top-3 spots with Jett and Hunter Lawrence finishing in 4th and 5th place, respectively. The Lawrence brothers had gotten poor starts, Jett especially as he was working through the top 20 rather than the typical top 5 early in the race. His points lead over Cooper was already narrow heading into Spring Creek, so his 4th place finish in the first moto certainly didn’t help his title chances.

Moto 2

The second 250 moto was reminiscent of the first. Martin and Cooper started at the front of the race, but this time it was Martin who was in the lead. He didn’t have to pass Cooper, but he also didn’t give Cooper an inch. Martin had the lead locked down by the first turn, and it was an impressive, near flawless ride from start to finish.

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Cooper, on the other hand, did not have as much luck as Martin. After it became clear that there was no catching up to 1st place, Cooper switched gears and started focusing on Mosiman closing in from 3rd place. Mosiman spent the first half of the race stalking Cooper and finally made his move in the 8th lap. It was a quick and clean pass, one that saw Mosiman finishing in 2nd place in the moto, followed by Cooper in 3rd. Austin Forkner raced to a quiet 4th place and Hunter Lawrence to 5th.

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As for Jett Lawrence, he got involved in a massive crash in the first minutes of the race. Pierce Brown, Jalek Swoll, and Jarrett Frye were also in the mix, but Jett Lawrence made it out at the back of the race. Once again, he was playing catchup and crossed the finish line in 6th place.

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The overall podium for the 250s was Martin, Mosiman, and Cooper. Jett Lawrence took 4th overall and Hunter Lawrence took 5th.

250MX Results

Pos.	No.	Name	M1	M2	Points	Overall
1	6	Jeremy Martin	1	1	50	175
2	42	Michael Mosiman	3	2	42	122
3	32	Justin Cooper	2	3	42	243
4	18	Jett Lawrence	4	6	33	237
5	41	Hunter Lawrence	5	5	32	210
6	64	Colt Nichols	7	7	28	159
7	30	Jo Shimoda	8	9	25	162
8	38	Austin Forkner	17	4	22	116
9	39	Carson Mumford	14	8	20	73
10	47	Jalek Swoll	12	10	20	148
11	115	Maximus Vohland	9	13	20	99
12	90	Dilan Schwartz	13	11	18	78
13	24	RJ Hampshire	6	38	15	163
14	59	Jarrett Frye	10	29	11	73
15	67	Stilez Robertson	11	35	10	86
16	48	Garrett Marchbanks	36	12	9	124
17	307	Brandon Scharer	18	16	8	13
18	220	Ramyller Alves	25	14	7	21
19	241	Joshua Varize	22	15	6	37
20	73	Derek Kelley	19	17	6	11
21	45	Pierce Brown	15	39	6	93
22	75	Ty Masterpool	16	36	5	67
23	112	Xylian Ramella	20	18	4	4
24	874	Zack Williams	21	19	2	2
25	26	Alex Martin	39	20	1	8
26	77	Jerry Robin	23	21	0	0
27	742	TJ Uselman	27	22	0	0
28	296	Ryder Floyd	24	27	0	0
29	242	Garrett Hoffman	30	23	0	0
30	726	Gared Steinke	26	31	0	0
31	119	Logan Boye	34	25	0	0
32	491	Gabe Gutierres	29	33	0	0
33	554	Wade Brommel	35	28	0	0
34	195	Blake Ashley	33	32	0	0
35	982	Izaih Clark	31	34	0	0
36	557	Kailub Russell	28	40	0	11
37	841	Jeffrey Walker	32	37	0	0
38	204	Kyle Freeson	DNF	24	0	0
39	995	Christopher Prebula	DNF	26	0	0
40	778	James Harrington	DNF	30	0	5
41	76	Grant Harlan	37	DNF	0	6
42	379	Conner Burger	38	DNF	0	0
43	91	Nathanael Thrasher	40	DNF	0	52

Dylan Ferrandis now has a healthy 32-point lead over Ken Roczen for the 450s. In the 250 class, Jett Lawrence has lost his red plate to Justin Cooper who now leads by six points.