Well, the 24-0 talk for Eli Tomac got shut down pretty quickly. Marvin Musquin proved that a bad start from Tomac is the only window he needs to run away with a moto win, and that might be more worrying to Tomac and Monster Energy Kawasaki than the front brake issue he suffered in moto two. 

Osborne's chances for a perfect season also went out the window at Glen Helen. He still managed to take the overall with 4-2 moto scores, but it was Jeremy Martin and Dylan Ferrandis who each had dominant motos in the 250 Class.

Let’s dive into the lap data to figure out how these races were won and lost with this week’s Sign of the Lap Times. First, our traditional lap time charts.

450 Class Moto 1

Lap Rank	Finish	Best Lap	On Lap	Avg Lap Time	Rider
1	2nd	2:21.829	8	2:25.699	Eli Tomac
2	5th	2:23.431	6	2:27.175	Jason Anderson
3	1st	2:24.074	8	2:25.939	Marvin Musquin
4	3rd	2:24.357	6	2:26.84	Josh Grant
5	4th	2:24.641	6	2:27.041	Christian Craig
6	7th	2:24.690	6	2:28.027	Cole Seely
7	6th	2:26.137	5	2:27.626	Dean Wilson
8	10th	2:28.452	4	2:31.079	Cooper Webb
9	9th	2:28.724	11	2:30.517	Weston Peick
10	14th	2:28.809	9	2:31.416	Broc Tickle

450 Class Moto 2

Lap Rank	Finish	Best Lap	On Lap	Avg Lap Time	Rider
1	2nd	2:23.736	5	2:27.387	Blake Baggett
2	1st	2:24.205	3	2:26.772	Jason Anderson
3	29th	2:25.158	2	2:27.068	Christian Craig
4	3rd	2:26.024	4	2:28.222	Marvin Musquin
5	6th	2:26.450	4	2:28.909	Weston Peick
6	9th	2:26.568	5	2:31.467	Martin Davalos
7	7th	2:26.570	6	2:28.950	Dean Wilson
8	5th	2:26.610	4	2:28.994	Justin Bogle
9	4th	2:26.620	3	2:28.403	Broc Tickle
10	28th	2:26.666	3	2:34.801	Josh Grant

250 Class Moto 1

Lap Rank	Finish	Best Lap	On Lap	Avg Lap Time	Rider
1	1st	2:24.964	5	2:26.761	Jeremy Martin
2	2nd	2:25.646	5	2:27.320	Joey Savatgy
3	3rd	2:26.113	11	2:28.006	Aaron Plessinger
4	4th	2:26.237	11	2:28.015	Zach Osborne
5	6th	2:26.465	14	2:29.128	Alex Martin
6	9th	2:26.950	4	2:23.836	Dylan Ferrandis
7	7th	2:27.040	12	2:28.504	Adam Cianciarulo
8	5th	2:27.094	8	2:28.486	Colt Nichols
9	38th	2:27.849	5	2:29.085	Austin Forkner
10	8th	2:26.950	4	2:30.836	Michael Mosiman

250 Class Moto 2

Lap Rank	Finish	Best Lap	On Lap	Avg Lap Time	Rider
1	1st	2:24.718	5	2:28.020	Dylan Ferrandis
2	2nd	2:26.271	5	2:29.596	Zach Osborne
3	13th	2:27.376	3	2:32.566	Aaron Plessinger
4	5th	2:27.455	6	2:29.569	Alex Martin
5	4th	2:27.517	6	2:29.558	Colt Nichols
6	29th	2:27.855	9	2:30.321	Joey Savatgy
7	3rd	2:27.952	6	2:29.791	Adam Cianciarulo
8	7th	2:28.057	8	2:29.754	Jeremy Martin
9	6th	2:28.821	6	2:31.094	Austin Forkner
10	8th	2:29.441	9	2:31.293	Mitchell Harrison

The Gap

At Hangtown we saw Tomac move through the pack with relative ease in the second moto, catching Musquin late in the race, passing him, and extending his lead out to nearly nine seconds by the end of the race. 

When Tomac rounded the first lap in 12th place in the first moto at Glen Helen, the gap up to Musquin seemed big, but it felt like there was still a pretty good possibility that he would be able to make it work. He didn't.

Tomac lost a bunch of time during the first four laps as he settled into his position and started to pick off riders. Once he got a clear track he was able cut Musquin's lead down to just over 10 seconds, but then around the halfway mark of the race, the momentum seemed to stop. Musquin was able to stabilize his lead and went into cruise control mode on the last two laps, raising his lap times by three to four seconds. 

That first moto win for Musquin was huge as it showed Tomac doesn't have much breathing room as it appeared at Hangtown. Maybe all it takes is a bad start, which is something that Tomac has struggled with in the past. Musquin's average starting position after lap one this season is 2.8, and Tomac has struggled to get out of the gate in three out of the four motos this season. Keep an eye on that as we get deeper into the season.