Steve Cox | July 29, 2017
2017 Washougal 450 MX Results: Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Eli Tomac has the 450cc championship well in-hand at this point, with his closest rival Blake Baggett riding with a badly injured thumb that will require surgery, and the rest of the 450cc field much too far behind in points to be considered a real threat. But that hasn’t been stopping Red Bull KTM’s Marvin Musquin lately. Musquin won both motos at the previous round in Minnesota, and came into Washougal full of confidence.
2017 Washougal 450 MX Results
In moto one, Musquin got the holeshot while Tomac had to work through a few racers in the first couple of laps before he passed Rockstar Energy Husqvarna’s Martin Davalos for second on lap three, and then he chased Musquin down for the lead. As he was pressuring Musquin, the two came together exiting a left-hand corner when Musquin squared the turn off unexpectedly, and although neither rider went down, Tomac could never reel Musquin back in again.
Musquin took the win with almost 11 seconds in hand over Tomac, and well behind Tomac came Honda’s Cole Seely in third, Davalos in fourth, his teammate Dean Wilson in fifth, and the AutoTrader/JGR Suzuki’s Weston Peick in sixth after holding off Baggett for the last half-dozen laps for the position. Behind Baggett came RCH Suzuki’s Justin Bogle, Honda’s Christian Craig, and Bogle’s fill-in teammate Matt Bisceglia.
2017 Washougal 450 MX Results
In moto two, Davalos was the quickest out of the gate and he led the first three laps while Musquin tried to find his way by. Musquin was on rails and found his way by Davalos up Horsepower Hill while Tomac soon joined the chase out front when he also fought his way by Davalos. For the next few laps, Tomac tried what he could, but he couldn’t cut into Musquin’s lead, and Davalos held off Baggett for most of the moto to come home third. Behind Baggett came Seely in fifth, then Wilson, Honda privateer Freddy Noren, Peick, Craig, Bogle, and Baggett’s lanky teammate Benny Bloss.
Musquin has now won four motos in a row, but Tomac continues to extend his points lead over Baggett. That lead now stands at 32 with three rounds left to run.
2017 Washougal 450 MX Results
2017 Washougal 450 MX Results
2017 Washougal 450 MX Results
2017 Washougal 450 MX Results
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