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AMA National Southwick Ancora Musquin

30/06/2019 Di Fabio de Lorenzo

AMA National Southwick Ancora Musquin

Southwick, Massachusetts. Seconda vittoria consecutiva per Marvin Musquin che ha cosi rilanciato le sue ambizioni per il massimo campionato outdoor americano. Interessante notare come le due affermazioni del campione francese siano concise con gli appuntamenti più difficili da affrontare. La scorsa settimana in Florida e questo week end a Southwick,le condizioni climatiche ed il profondo fondo sabbioso, hanno scavato un netto confine tra i piloti perfettamente preparati e chi, per i più svariati motivi, non è stato capace di affrontare questa sfida. Nella prima manche l’esito della gara non è mai stato in discussione vista la innegabile superiorità di Musquin. Alle sue spalle hanno terminato a quasi dieci secondi Eli Tomac e Zach Osborne. In gara due prima affermazione per Osborne che ha guidato il gruppo fin dai primi metri. Il secondo posto ottenuto da Musquin, combattendo ininterrottamente con Tomac (terzo), gli ha consentito di conquistare con merito l’assoluta. Ancora problemi per Ken Roczen che anche in questa occasione ha accusati evidentissimi cali fisici che non gli hanno permesso di combattere per le posizioni di vertice (nono) ma che soprattutto lo hanno fatto precipitare al terzo posto della classifica assoluta alle spalle del vincitore degli ultimi due appuntamenti, Marvin Musquin. Tabella Rossa nelle mani di Eli Tomac che vola in classifica con ventisei punti di vantaggio su Musquin.

Eli Tomac: “Usually I have a really good feel here but today I was kind of searching, but that being said the other two guys up here were going fast in those motos. A good day, points wise, but kind of a goofy day. Tough day, this track is brutal as always. I was pretty worn out trying to catch those guys second moto.”

Zach Osborne “I felt really good in the second moto. I had a little lull midway through the first moto, and Eli got me and pulled away from me, and from there I knew there wasn’t really any reason to really hammer, so I was maybe able to save a little bit. That benefitted me in the second moto. But that second moto was really the edge of me, the track was really physical. I struggled a lot in practice just finding the dirt, I felt like I was sliding around everywhere. The second moto was like a totally different track, the track really had teeth in that second moto. I’m glad to get the win and get some momentum.”

Marvin Musquin: “Overall it was a good day, first practice I never really put a good lap together, I knew I could do better. It’s maybe the first time, I think, that I got faster here in the second practice, but it shows that we built berms and the track came along, it was actually better for racing. First moto I put myself in a great position, leading, but it was a long moto, when you lead the first lap to the end it feels like forever. The second moto the goal was to do the same. I was in the hunt for the top spot, in a decent position, but Zach had a little gap, but even with that Zach had good speed the whole moto and there was nothing I could do with that. There was nothing I could do to really catch him. Physically it was very demanding, Southwick always is, so that’s why I’m very proud to win here. It means a lot.”

450 Class

1 Marvin Musquin, France, KTM (1-2)
2 Zach Osborne, Abingdon, Va., Husqvarna (3-1)
3 Eli Tomac, Cortez, Colo., Kawasaki (2-3)
4 Cooper Webb, Newport, N.C., KTM (4-4)
5 Jason Anderson, Edgewood, N.M., Husqvarna (7-5)
6 Justin Barcia, Monroe, N.Y., Yamaha (6-6)
7 Fredrik Noren, Sweden, Honda (5-7)
8 Dean Ferris, Australia, Yamaha (8-12)
9 Ken Roczen, Germany, Honda (12-10)
10 John Short, Pilot Point, Texas, Honda (15-9)