{"id":51055,"date":"2021-06-06T15:04:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T09:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/?p=51055"},"modified":"2021-06-06T15:04:32","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T09:34:32","slug":"at-thunder-valley-musquin-and-webb-are-in-the-top-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/at-thunder-valley-musquin-and-webb-are-in-the-top-10\/","title":{"rendered":"At Thunder Valley, Musquin and Webb are in the Top 10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Two rounds into the 2021 AMA Pro Motocross Championship and the 450MX class has revealed a highly competitive field of the nation\u2019s top motocross racers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing teammates Cooper Webb<\/strong> <\/a>and Marvin Musquin have proven to be in the elite category, but a top-10 result didn\u2019t come without a fight at Saturday\u2019s Thunder Valley MX National in Colorado.<\/span><\/p>\n

After making some positive changes to the bike during qualifying earlier in the day, Webb came out of the gate strong in Moto 1 as he narrowly missed the holeshot aboard his KTM 450 SX-F FACTORY EDITION.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Webb settled into fifth on the opening lap, but he remained in attack mode as he fought a crowd of heavy-hitters for a spot inside the top-five.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The two-time 450SX Champ continued to battle with the fast company for the remainder of the moto, ultimately finishing eighth.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Webb had another strong start in Moto 2, but this time, he captured the official holeshot and fought for the early lead before a crash sent him back to seventh.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Caught once again in a swarm of top riders, Webb found himself engaging in many battles throughout the 16-lap race, including with his teammate Marvin Musquin in the second half of the race.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With two laps to go, Webb made his way<\/strong><\/a> around Musquin to overtake eighth, and with a pair of 8-8 finishes, he solidified eighth overall on the day.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Webb:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>\u201cWe\u2019re searching again \u2013 we made many bike changes today<\/strong><\/a>, and I felt a lot better in the second moto.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

I felt like we made the bike a lot better, and I felt like I finally had some speed and could run up front, and then I had a little tip over. That spiked my heart rate.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

And I got all flustered and got passed for ninth, but I got back into a good flow and could catch Marvin with two to go.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a little bit of progress. We have a weekend off, so we\u2019ll try to get the bike a little better, get faster and keep on grinding.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Musquin found himself in many of the same battles as his teammate, ultimately landing one position behind Webb in the overall results.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In Moto 1, Musquin significantly jumped on his KTM 450 SX-F FACTORY EDITION, but he got closed off around the first turn.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Shuffling back to ninth early on, the French rider did his best to break through the deeply stacked field of riders, but he could only make it to ninth.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Moto 2, Musquin got off to a favourable start, and he settled into fourth early on. Racing within a big group of fast riders upfront, he diced back-and-forth with Webb just outside the top-five battle.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With two laps to go, Musquin was overtaken by Webb for the eighth-place<\/strong><\/a> spot, and he finished out with a 9-9 score.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/span>Musquin:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>\u201cIt was difficult for me to have the pace of the leaders, and I couldn\u2019t do anything more than 9-9 today.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not happy with this result, but I feel like I couldn\u2019t do much more. We will try to push more during the week leading up to High Point \u2013 we have a weekend off, so we\u2019ll try to see what we can do better.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Rookie 250MX rider Max Vohland did his best to power through an intense bout of food poisoning on Saturday, where he was able to salvage some championship points with 15-17 moto scores and 18th overall from the second round.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vohland:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>\u201cI ended up getting food poisoning when we got here on Thursday night, so I was sick and couldn\u2019t eat anything for at least 30 hours straight and didn\u2019t get much sleep the night before the race.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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I gave it my all, and I didn\u2019t quit, which was the best I could do. I did get a good start in one moto, so that\u2019s something to take away for the next race. It was tough, but we survived.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The AMA Pro Motocross Championship will take a weekend off from racing before returning\u00a0<\/span>on Saturday, June 19<\/span><\/strong>, for Round 3 with the High Point National in Mount Morris, Pennsylvania.<\/span><\/p>\n

Results 450MX Class \u2013 Thunder Valley National<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n