Some drama for privateer Tevin Tapia before the second moto. Shortly before the gate dropped, an AMA official noticed that Tapia's mandatory helmet eject system was not in place. Tapia's dad, who was on the line with him, jumped into action, borrowing a bicycle from a random spectator and tearing off to the pits to retrieve Tapia's other helmet. When he got back, the pack was gone, but Tapia strapped on his lid and charged off anyway. By the time the checkers flew, he'd managed to work his way into the points in twentieth.

Nobody was expecting Christian Craig to set the world on fire when he got the call to fill in at GEICO Honda for the injured Wil Hahn, but his results have been fantastic, considering he's coming off the couch. At Washougal he even ended up tenth overall, prompting the following Tweet from his wife, Paige: "10th overall at Washougal. Remember @_christiancraig this is JUST for fun!!! Simma down now." Washougal was supposed to be the last race for Craig, but with things going so well, we're hearing there's a chance he may race Unadilla or Indiana.

How about those Tommy boys? Tommy Weeck, who is actually from Carnation, Washington, killed it, going 16-9 for eleventh overall. Tommy Hahn, who we here is looking to get back to racing full time next year, went 15-10 for twelfth overall. 

There was some leftover controversy involving James Stewart dating back to Millville, so even though he wasn't racing, he was still creating buzz. Apparently, an IV nurse working with Stewart checked in looking for a credential at Millville. It's illegal for riders to take IVs before or between motos at a national (they're disqualified from competition if they take one), and if a rider needs to get one after the motos, the Asterisk Mobile Medical Unit can supply. That makes it strange that any rider would need an IV nurse at the track. Apparently, the IV nurse left the track, anyway, and there isn't any proof that Stewart actually got an IV during the day. Thus, he was not penalized.

Let's check out the lap charts!

 450 Class Moto 1

Lap Rank	Finish	Best Lap	In Lap	Avg Lap Time	Rider
1	1	2:12.040	3	2:15.291	Ryan Dungey
2	3	2:13.213	6	2:16.748	Ken Roczen
3	2	2:13.218	6	2:15.613	Eli Tomac
4	4	2:14.662	3	2:18.934	Trey Canard
5	5	2:16.140	2	2:18.855	Brett Metcalfe
6	6	2:16.412	3	2:19.558	Andrew Short
7	7	2:16.417	3	2:19.433	Weston Peick
8	8	2:16.425	2	2:19.940	Justin Brayton
9	9	2:17.165	4	2:19.572	Fredrik Noren
10	10	2:17.427	2	2:21.008	Christian Craig

450 Class Moto 2

Lap Rank	Finish	Best Lap	In Lap	Avg Lap Time	Rider
1	2	2:14.881	2	2:18.034	Eli Tomac
2	1	2:15.253	11	2:17.699	Ryan Dungey
3	3	2:17.338	3	2:21.561	Ken Roczen
4	4	2:20.029	5	2:22.410	Brett Metcalfe
5	6	2:20.094	8	2:23.020	Weston Peick
6	11	2:20.227	5	2:22.404	Trey Canard
7	7	2:20.288	8	2:23.614	Fredrik Noren
8	35	2:20.467	2	2:26.064	Chad Reed
9	5	2:20.696	6	2:22.960	Andrew Short
10	8	2:21.746	9	2:24.612	Justin Brayton

250 Class Moto 1

Lap Rank	Finish	Best Lap	In Lap	Avg Lap Time	Rider
1	1	2:16.522	6	2:19.533	Marvin Musquin
2	5	2:17.369	8	2:21.209	Blake Baggett
3	3	2:17.393	6	2:19.888	Cooper Webb
4	37	2:17.543	4	2:19.261	Jason Anderson
5	2	2:17.972	7	2:20.183	Christophe Pourcel
6	7	2:18.072	4	2:21.825	Justin Bogle
7	4	2:18.775	3	2:20.592	Jeremy Martin
8	6	2:19.342	6	2:21.699	Joey Savatgy
9	8	2:19.610	6	2:12.952	Dean Wilson
10	9	2:19.762	4	2:22.782	Cole Seely

250 Class Moto 2

Lap Rank	Finish	Best Lap	In Lap	Avg Lap Time	Rider
1	1	2:17.895	3	2:20.629	Marvin Musquin
2	3	2:18.221	5	2:22.002	Justin Bogle
3	2	2:19.047	7	2:20.942	Blake Baggett
4	4	2:19.454	4	2:21.854	Jeremy Martin
5	5	2:20.235	9	2:22.501	Cooper Webb
6	6	2:20.962	5	2:22.962	Dean Wilson
7	15	2:21.327	3	2:31.847	Christophe Pourcel
8	7	2:21.559	4	2:23.566	Joey Savatgy
9	11	2:21.653	3	2:25.916	Zach Bell
10	9	2:22.124	5	2:24.290	Cole Seely

More news and notes:

Yamalube/Star Racing Yamaha’s Anthony Rodriguez missed his fourth race of the season after a big crash in second practice. “For everyone wandering what happened at Washougal, I crashed on second practice and couldn't race, but I'm doing just fine now,” tweeted Rodriguez. No official word from the team at this time on when the rookie is expected to return. 

GEICO Honda’s Matt Bisceglia was hoping the familiarity of Washougal would help him break out of his current slump. But the Oregon native was only able to manage twelfth overall. "I'm in a slump. There's no way around it,” Bisceglia said in a statement. “I'm in a slump, and I don't know why. I'm riding a lot during the week, my fitness is there, but I just can't get results. This happened to me before at the amateur level, and I know it'll end at some point. I also know the only thing you can do is keep after it.”

Justin Bogle rebounded from a DNF in the second moto at Spring Creek with a podium performance in the second moto, but crashes still plagued his afternoon. “Two motos, two get-offs; that can't happen if I want to stay up front, especially when you're already banged up," Bogle said in a statement following a fifth overall.

After failing to reach the top ten in nine consecutive motos, Zach Bell has two top-tens over the last four, following a tenth in moto one. “I'm trying to improve every race, every moto,” Bell said in a statement. “The main goal coming into Washougal was to put myself in the mix with the top-level guys, and I was able to do that for five or six laps, so that was good. There's still more I want to do.” Bell finished eleventh overall on the day.

Following the 33rd annual Rocky Mountain ATV/MC AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship this week at Loretta Lynn Ranch, GEICO will house their two amateur prospects, RJ Hampshire and Jordon Smith, at the last three Nationals, starting at Unadilla on August 9.