Arlington, Texas (February 14, 2015) – Marvin Musquin completed one half of a full night of KTM domination by taking a flag-to-flag victory in the opening round of the Eastern Regional 250SX Class Championship in AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Musquin’s Red Bull KTM teammate Ryan Dungey would complete the sweep later in the evening by leading every lap to top the 450 class.
You could almost say that Musquin had to win the 250 main event twice, since the first attempt at the 15-lap final was red flagged eight laps in and had to be restarted single-file, which basically wiped out the five-second lead Musquin had built over GEICO Honda’s Justin Bogle.
Musquin grabbed the holeshot to start the 250 final, and pulled away from Bogle over the course of the first eight laps, while Yamalube/Star Racing Yamaha’s Anthony Rodriguez ran in third. However, midway into the race, Kyle Cunningham crashed hard and brought out the red flag, forcing a restart that was a staggered lineup of riders in the order that they were running when the race was stopped.
With Bogle right on his rear tire, Musquin got off to a quick start and pulled away to another safe lead before taking the checkered flag with four-seconds to spare over Bogle.
The battle for third was a good one, as Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki’s Joey Savatgy was able to pass Rodriquez to take over control of third, with Yamalube/Star Racing Yamaha’s Jeremy Martin taking over fourth when Rodriquez went down.
Musquin’s win was the fifth of his career and it left him with a three-point lead over Bogle in the initial Eastern Regional 250SX Class season standings.
“I had a great start then I just did my laps and kept doing what I had to do,” said Musquin, who missed all of last season with an injury. “Just being consistent is what it’s going to take and that’s what I’ve been preparing for. I’m just happy to get it [a win] done this early, be here feeling good and healthy, and starting out strong.”
JAB Motorsports Matt Lemoine rounded out the top five, with KTM-mounted Vince Friese and GEICO Honda’s RJ Hampsire in sixth and seventh.
Eastern Regional 250SX Class Results
1 Marvin Musquin (KTM)
2 Justin Bogle (Hon)
3 Joey Savatgy (Kaw)
4 Jeremy Martin (Yam)
5 Matt Lemoine (Kaw)
6 Vince Friese (KTM)
7 RJ Hampshire (Hon)
8 Arnaud Tonus (Kaw)
9 Martin Davalos (Hus)
10 Kyle Peters (Hon)
