Not only did Jeremy Martin leave his home track with the overall victory at the Spring Creek National, he also capitalized on mistakes from the other title contenders to significantly extend his points lead.
The most impressive 250 Class rider all year long in the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship, Martin entered today’s race as the heavy favorite and backed that up with a dominant victory in the first moto of the day. After passing Christophe Pourcel for the lead on Lap 2, Martin was able to comfortably cruise to victory. Cooper Webb – who entered the day third overall in points – was on the move until he ran into the back of Justin Bogle’s bike trying to make a pass and crashed. Webb lost numerous spots and was left salvaging as many points as he could as he worked his way back up through the field for a ninth-place finish.
Webb would come back with a vengeance in the second moto. For a while it looked like Blake Baggett’s race to lose, but he crashed while leading and was shuffled back through the pack, landing outside the top-15. Baggett encountered bike problems later in the race and was unable to finish, leaving him with no points to show for the moto. After Baggett’s crash, Bogle inherited the lead but was soon passed by both Webb and Martin. Webb held Martin off to score the moto victory – his third of the season – but Martin’s 1-2 moto scores were more than enough to give him the overall win.
“I tried to put in a hard charge [in the second moto] for the home crowd to make it exciting but just came up a little short,” Martin said. “Cooper [Webb] rode good.”
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If it seemed like Martin was an expert with the track, it’s because he grew up riding the facility. His parents have owned Spring Creek MX Park since the late 1980s.
Marvin Musquin (2-4) and Webb (9-1) rounded out the overall podium alongside Martin.
Thanks to mistakes from both Webb and Baggett, Martin now has a lot more breathing room in the championship race. Webb managed to pass Baggett for second place in 250MX points, but he now faces a 43-point deficit behind his teammate Martin that will not be easy to overcome in the final four rounds.
Spring Creek 250 Class Overall Results
1. Jeremy Martin (1-2)
2. Marvin Musquin (2-4)
3. Cooper Webb (9-1)
4. Chrisophe Pourcel (3-6)
5. Dean Wilson (5-5)
6. Jason Anderson (11-3)
7. Joey Savatgy (8-9)
8. Alex Martin (12-7)
9. Cole Seely (7-13)
10. Jessy Nelson (14-8)
*Moto 1 and Moto 2 results in parenthesis