by Aaron Hansel
250 Moto One Report: Washougal
Saturday, July 21, 2012 | 6:00 PM
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PrintWhen the first 250 moto got under way it was Marvin Musquin who took the early lead and started opening up a gap. Behind him were the usual suspects, Justin Barcia, Eli Tomac and Ken Roczen. Not too far behind them were Wil Hahn and Ryan Sipes. At first, the riders in the lead pack were all separated by a few bike lengths, but several laps into it Baggett bobbled, dropping him back behind Roczen.
Barcia is back in the winner's circle after moto one
Carl Stone Photo
Up front, Musquin was riding very strong and maintaining a very small gap over Barcia and Tomac. Then, on the twelfth lap, Barcia got by and Tomac followed shortly thereafter. Barcia took the win, followed by Tomac, Musquin, Roczen, Hahn and Baggett, who lost a few positions when he went down on lap fourteen. There simply wasn't as much slicing and dicing in this moto as we've grown accustomed to in the 250 Class.
Elsewhere in the race, Star Valli Rockstar Yamaha's Ryan Sipes took eighth in his first 250 National since 2011, and his new teammate, Cole Thompson, had a crash-induced DNF early in the race.
For a complete list of results, go here.
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Way to go Cole. Hopefully things get better.
Tough break for Cole Thompson, during his Star Valli debut ride.
That was a very exciting 250 moto 1, looks like I will just wait until Tuesday to watch the final moto's. Unless someone has a link to a feed of the odd ball times that the second motos are running.
I love taking 3 days to watch a one day event!!!
Great Firt moto for the ladies as well, its funny watching number 1, 2, and 3 run in that same order on the track.
I think those little Honda boys pissed off Blake !
Glad to see Barcia get the overall
WASHOUGAL MX - WASHOUGAL, WA
ROUND 8 OF 12 - JULY 21, 2012
POS. # NAME HOMETOWN BIKE M1 M2 POINTS TEAM
250 Motocross
CATERPILLAR WASHOUGAL NATIONAL
1 20 Justin Barcia Monroe, NY, US Honda CRF250R 1 2 47 GEICO Honda
2 17 Eli Tomac Cortez, CO, US Honda CRF250R 2 3 42 GEICO Honda
3 12 Blake Baggett Grand Terrace, CA, US Kawasaki KX 250F 6 1 40 Monster Energy | Pro Circuit | Kawasaki
4 38 Marvin Musquin France, FR KTM 250 SX-F 3 4 38 Red Bull l KTM
5 70 Ken Roczen Germany, US KTM 250 SX-F 4 7 32 Red Bull | KTM
6 956 Blake Wharton Pilot Point, TX, US Suzuki RMZ 250 7 6 29 Rockstar Energy Racing Suzuki
7 49 Justin Bogle Cushing, OK, US Honda CRF250R 9 5 28 Geico Honda
8 58 William Hahn Wichita, KS, US Honda CRF250R 5 10 27 GEICO Honda
9 53 Ryan Sipes Vine Grove, KY, US Yamaha YZ 250F 8 8 26 Star Valli Yamaha Rockstar
10 44 Jason Anderson Edgewood, NM, US Suzuki RMZ 250 10 9 23 Rockstar Energy Racing Suzuki
Point series is getting tight
250 Motocross
1 12 Blake Baggett 355
2 20 Justin Barcia 344
3 17 Eli Tomac 323
4 70 Ken Roczen 305