Spring Creek at Millville is one of the most popular tracks on the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross circuit, as the track offers up a wide variety of terrain. Most of all, the riders think it's a fun layout, with plentiful sand and traction in spots. However, some riders felt it was more slippery than usual this year, probably due to the huge rain that came in leading up to race day.

Still, riders are able to push the envelope safely at this track, and the challenges are numerous. From the famous sand whoops in the back to the massive ups and downs of Mount Martin, Spring Creek has it all.

Eli Tomac and Aaron Plessinger also had it all on this day, each sweeping the motos in their respective classes. We can dive into the data here to see how the races were won and lost, first starting with the traditional fast lap times. 

450 MOTO 1

LAP RANK	FINISH	BEST LAP	ON LAP	AVG LAP TIME	RIDER
1	1	2:12.690	3	2:17.672	Eli Tomac
2	4	2:15.149	5	2:21.232	Marvin Musquin
3	3	2:15.201	3	2:19.109	Blake Baggett
4	2	2:15.425	2	2:18.798	Ken Roczen
5	5	2:18.390	5	2:21.198	Justin Barcia
6	6	2:18.529	5	2:21.697	Weston Peick
7	8	2:18.798	5	2:22.409	Phil Nicoletti
8	7	2:19.329	6	2:21.539	Cooper Webb
9	11	2:19.789	12	2:24.715	Benny Bloss
10	10	2:20.338	12	2:22.040	Justin Hill

450 MOTO 2

LAP RANK	FINISH	BEST LAP	ON LAP	AVG LAP TIME	RIDER
1	1	2:14.447	6	2:18.001	Eli Tomac
2	2	2:15.993	5	2:18.810	Marvin Musquin
3	3	2:16.112	4	2:20.736	Ken Roczen
4	4	2:16.649	5	2:21.166	Blake Baggett
5	6	2:20.268	4	2:23.286	Weston Peick
6	7	2:20.873	7	2:22.964	Justin Hill
7	5	2:20.887	3	2:22.559	Justin Barcia
8	8	2:21.169	4	2:24.195	Benny Bloss
9	10	2:21.592	7	2:24.771	Phil Nicoletti
10	9	2:22.193	6	2:24.449	Cooper Webb

250 MOTO 1

LAP RANK	FINISH	BEST LAP	ON LAP	AVG LAP TIME	RIDER
1	1	2:15.594	6	2:17.696	Aaron Plessinger
2	2	2:16.370	10	2:18.243	Austin Forkner
3	3	2:16.420	6	2:18.863	Jordon Smith
4	10	2:16.976	14	2:19.386	Joey Savatgy
5	7	2:17.081	5	2:19.177	Alex Martin
6	5	2:17.157	4	2:19.165	Shane McElrath
7	8	2:17.497	4	2:19.505	Chase Sexton
8	4	2:17.479	3	2:19.233	Justin Cooper
9	6	2:17.810	7	2:19.189	RJ Hampshire
10	9	2:17.683	5	2:19.242	Colt Nichols

250 MOTO 2

LAP RANK	FINISH	BEST LAP	ON LAP	AVG LAP TIME	RIDER
1	1	2:16.913	6	2:20.178	Aaron Plessinger
2	2	2:17.774	4	2:20.528	Alex Martin
3	3	2:17.876	7	2:21.158	Justin Cooper
4	18	2:18.098	8	2:22.478	Austin Forkner
5	4	2:18.481	5	2:21.242	Joey Savatgy
6	7	2:18.580	4	2:22.358	Jordon Smith
7	6	2:18.778	6	2:21.793	Michael Mosiman
8	8	2:18.797	6	2:21.469	Dylan Ferrandis
9	33	2:18.870	4	2:20.677	Shane McElrath
10	5	2:18.986	4	2:21.434	Chase Sexton

Tomac Down The Stretch

Tomac's 1-1 didn't come without a fight from his competition, as Ken Roczen and Marvin Musquin made the Monster Energy Kawasaki rider push hard. In moto one, Roczen led Tomac for ten laps. Once Eli finally made the pass (with some help from a lapped rider that slowed Roczen), he finally had the room to unleash his full fury. His lap times were crazy fast compared to everyone at that point. Check it out.

Moto 1

	12	13	14	15	16
Eli Tomac	2:17.676	2:17.656	2:18.223	2:20.261	2:22.345
Ken Roczen	2:18.854	2:19.764	2:19.934	2:24.216	2:24.952
Blake Baggett	2:21.436	2:19.788	2:20.784	2:23.069	2:23.314
Marvin Musquin	2:22.114	2:24.757	2:23.137	2:23.787	2:27.076
Justin Barcia	2:23.339	2:22.620	2:24.060	2:23.938	2:25.437

Jason Thomas wrote about Eli's crazy laps in moto two yesterday. Lap 14 was all-time nuts. Check it out.

Moto 2

	12	13	14	15	16
Eli Tomac	2:19.975	2:17.171	2:16.193	2:17.673	2:20.700
Marvin Musquin	2:19.751	2:19.952	2:20.117	2:19.771	2:23.677
Ken Roczen	2:24.215	2:23.958	2:23.960	2:26.760	2:27.079
Blake Baggett	2:22.269	2:21.408	2:22.377	2:23.260	2:27.296
Justin Barica	2:22.855	2:23.090	2:23.786	2:24.660	2:26.782

Plessinger vs. Martin

After struggling in 250 moto one, Alex Martin grabbed the holeshot in 250 moto two and tried to hold Aaron Plessinger at bay. He couldn't—and Alex says it all came down to the largest downhill on the track. 

“He was amazing—I was not up to that, at all," Alex said in our Best Post-Race Show Ever of Plessinger's downhill speed. "I actually was catching up to him in the sand rollers, which, I was blown away because his legs are so much longer than mine. I would catch him there and everything I would gain would be gone in that one section. I was trying different lines, but I almost died a couple times. I saw God a couple of times. I was like, 'It’s not worth it!' I tried my best, but AP was on it today.”

The segment times of the laps illustrate Alex's story. Segment 3 contains the sand rollers. Segment 4 contains the rest of the track—including the downhill. Note that Martin's average time and his fastest (ideal) time in Segment 3 was faster than Plessinger. Plessinger was better in Segment 4, though.

	Aaron Plessinger Avg Time	Plessinger Ideal Time	Alex Martin Avg Time	Martin Ideal Time
Segment 1	10.938	10.788	10.910	10.632
Segment 2	13.959	13.516	13.897	13.345
Segment 3	29.619	28.518	29.454	28.287
Segment 4	1:25.568	1:23.696	1:26.270	1:24.696