Pala Raceway

May 25, 2019

250 Class
Justin Cooper got the holeshot in the first moto and checked out from the pack. Late in the race RJ Hampshire and Adam Cianciarulo closed the gap and made things interesting at the end, but Cooper held on for the win.
Shane McElrath was the early leader in the second moto with Alex Martin and Cianciarulo putting pressure on early in the race. Cianciarulo took the lead from McElrath about 6 minutes in. Hunter Lawrence quickly worked his way up to second place and stayed close to Cianciarulo until he finally was able to pass Cianciarulo with about 6 minutes left in the moto. Lawrence held the lead for a couple laps before sliding out in a corner and giving up the lead. Lawrence pushed Cianciarulo to the checkered flag but wasn’t able to regain the lead.

450 Class
In the first moto Blake Baggett got the holeshot but was quickly passed by Ken Roczen. Roczen checked out early and looked to be on his way to his second moto win of the season. Baggett ended up crashing and had to pull into the pits to get his bike fixed. Eli Tomac didn’t have a great start and was hovering back around 7th place early on. After a few laps he began to challenge Cooper Webb for 4th and eventually got past him. Then Tomac put a charge on Jason Anderson for 3rd. Tomac slipped past Anderson late in the moto, right around the same time that Marvin Musquin closed the gap and Roczen and pushed for the lead. With about 2 minutes left Roczen, Musquin and Tomac were in a 3-man battle for the lead. Tomac passed Musquin and then made quick work of Roczen for the lead. Once he got past Roczen, Tomac wasn’t challenged.
Musquin took the early lead in the second moto and held on for about half the moto before losing the lead to Tomac.