RedBud

July 1, 2017

In the first 250 moto, Jeremy Martin took the holeshot and led the whole way for the win. But it wasn’t easy, as Zach Osborne mounted a few charges, but was never able to make the pass on Martin. Alex Martin rode the whole way for a third place finish.
In the first 450 moto, Christian Craig grabbed the holeshot. Marvin Musquin soon worked up to second place. Points leader Blake Baggett started in about fourth place with Eli Tomac in about sixth. About two laps into the race, Craig still held the lead with Musquin in second, Tomac in third and Baggett in fourth. About halfway through the race Tomac finally worked his way into the lead with Musquin and Baggett chasing three seconds behind. Baggett and Musquin battled for most of the race, before Baggett finally got past Musquin. Baggett finally moved up to second and with three laps to go pulled within two seconds of Tomac, but was never able to show him a wheel and ended up settling for a second place finish.
In the second 250 moto, Jeremy Martin took another holeshot, but tipped over about 2 turns into the race, relinquishing the lead to Alex Martin. Martin held the lead for the first 15 minutes of the race before washing out in a corner and giving up the lead to Mitchell Harrison. Zach Osborne soon passed Martin as well. Osborne needed a couple laps to get past Harrison for the permanent lead.
In the second 450 moto, Blake Baggett won the holeshot but quickly gave up the lead to Justin Barcia. Baggett and Jason Anderson started racing for second and came together exiting a turn, with Baggett going down and falling to last place. Tomac finally passed Anderson about 12 minutes into the race and after applying massive pressure to Barcia for 3 laps, Barcia crashed and gave up the lead to Tomac.
After taking the lead, Tomac cruised to the win. Baggett was able to salvage a 10th-place finish.