6 May 2024
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AMA motocross results: 450 class Millville – Tomac on top!

Jonathan McCready6 mins

Race one

Eli Tomac and Chase Sexton set the pace in the opening moto at Millville as they duelled for the win and the points lead! Tomac took the holeshot but Sexton, gating fourth, kept chipping away and reeled Tomac in and then made the pass around the halfway mark. Just when it looked like Sexton had a pace good enough to win, the Honda rider went down in the ruts at the bottom of a hill and handed the lead and the win to Tomac with Sexton getting back up for Sexton.

“I was going hard and to be honest, being in front maybe hurt me, Chase had better lines and better momentum. It was a good learning moto, obviously capitlised on his mistake,” said Tomac.

Home hero, Ryan Dungey, chased Jason Anderson for most of the moto but couldn’t make the move to take third off the the Kawasaki rider, but it was still a great ride for Dungey in front of his enthuastic fans.

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Race two

Eli Tomac put on an early charge in race one to come from fourth to catch and pass race leader and title rival Chase Sexton with authority. But Sexton, with the points lead in the line, wasn’t about to give in and managed to latch onto Tomac’s pace. For the nexr 25 minutes Sexton matched Tomac every lap but just could not bring the gap down to under a second and mount a concerted pass attempt – but it was an intense effort!

In the end it was Tomac with a huge 1-1 and he now takes the red plate into Washougal next weekend with Tomac saying: “That was just crazy, I had my work cut out for me early and then he lated onto me. Thankfully I was good that whole moto that time, we made a bit of an adjustment that time and it paid off.”

“That was a gnarly pace for 35 minutes, he’s on a roll, I got to get better,” said Sexton while admitting he rode well and did all he could to chase down Tomac after the pass.

Christian Craig rode really well for third with Jason Anderson taking fourth, enough for a podium on the day as Max Anstie had a big crash going down the biggest hill on the track while running top ten to end his impressive three races on on Firepower Honda on a slightly disappointing note – but the speed was impressive.

450 Class Overall Results (Moto Finish // Points)

  1. Eli Tomac, Cortez, Colo., Yamaha (1-1 // 50)
  2. Chase Sexton, La Moille, Ill., Honda (2-2 // 44)
  3. Jason Anderson, Edgewood, N.M., Kawasaki (3-4 // 38)
  4. Christian Craig, El Cajon, Calif., Yamaha (5-3 // 36)
  5. Ryan Dungey, Belle Plaine, Minn., KTM (4-6 // 33)
  6. Justin Barcia, Monroe, N.Y., GASGAS (6-5 // 31)
  7. Aaron Plessinger, Hamilton, Ohio, KTM (7-7 // 28)
  8. Benny Bloss, Oak Grove, Mo., KTM (9-10 // 23)
  9. Shane McElrath, Canton, N.C., Husqvarna (10-11 // 21)
  10. Joey Savatgy, Thomasville, Ga., Kawasaki (17-8 // 17)

450 Class Championship Standings (Round 7 of 12)

  1. Eli Tomac, Cortez, Colo., Yamaha – 317
  2. Chase Sexton, La Moille, Ill., Honda – 312
  3. Jason Anderson, Edgewood, N.M., Kawasaki – 245
  4. Ken Roczen, Germany, Honda – 241
  5. Christian Craig, El Cajon, Calif., Yamaha – 220
  6. Ryan Dungey, Belle Plaine, Minn., KTM – 218
  7. Justin Barcia, Monroe, N.Y., GASGAS – 190
  8. Aaron Plessinger, Hamilton, Ohio, KTM – 177
  9. Joey Savatgy, Thomasville, Ga., Kawasaki – 142
  10. Shane McElrath, Canton, N.C., Husqvarna – 139

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