450 RACE RESULTS FROM THE 2019 BUDDS CREEK NATIONAL

The 2019 AMA Outdoor Nationals are in Mechanicsville, Maryland for the 30th annual Budds Creek National. The Budds Creek track sits less than 50 miles from our nations Capital in Washington D.C. Eli Tomac is came into round 11 with a 40-point lead over Marvin Musquin and a 41-point lead over Ken Roczen. With the final round of the season coming up in just one week, Eli was pushing hard to wrap up the title one round early. He only needed to score ten points more than Marvin Musquin and nine points more than Ken Roczen. With Ken Roczen dealing with health issues, he would tire out in the second race and scoring 2-7 Moto finishes while Marvin Musquins 3-3 results would allow Eli to wrap up the 2019 450 Pro Motocross Championship at Budds Creek.

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450 OVERALL RESULTS

Eli Tomac’s 1-1 scores allowed him to win the 2019 AMA Outdoor National Championship.

Zach Osborne grabbed the holeshot in 450 Moto 2, but it was Eli Tomac who dove up in the inside on the first turn and beat Osborne to the second corner. Ken Roczen quickly made his way into second and then on lap two Jason Anderson would push Marvin Musquin off the track and shortly after he passed his teammate Zach Osborne. Marvin Musquin quickly regrouped and got back on the track behind Anderson. Ken Roczen put on a charge early in the Moto and he was able to stick closer to Tomac than he did in the first race, but by the halfway point Eli Tomac was able to extend his gap while Jason Anderson began to close in on Roczen. After applying pressure, Jason would make the pass and inherit second over Ken Roczen who seemed to be tiring out. Shortly after Jason made the move, Marvin Musquin, Zach Osborne and Justin Barcia would all make moves to get around Roczen. With Ken dropping to sixth and Marvin in third, Eli Tomac mathematically would win go on to finish 1-1 on the day and win Championship one round early.

POS.	RIDER	M1    M2
1	Eli Tomac	1		1
2	Jason Anderson	4		2
3	Marvin Musquin	3		3
4	Ken Roczen	2		7
5	Zachary Osborne	5		4
6	Justin Barcia	6		5
7	Dean Wilson	8		6
8	Aaron Plessinger	9		9
9	Benny Bloss	7		11
10	Kyle Cunningham	11		8
11	John Short	10		10
12	James Weeks	14		12
13	Fredrik Noren	15		13
14	Tyler Bowers	16		14
15	Coty Schock	13		17
16	Toshiki Tomita	18		15
17	Isaac Teasdale	17		16
18	Lorenzo Locurcio	12		37
19	Jeremy Hand	20		18
20	Justin Bogle	19
21	Jacob Runkles	21		19
22	Jeremy Smith	26		20
23	Heath Harrison	25		21
24	Felix Lopez	23		24
25	Tyler Stepek	22		30
26	Robert Piazza	31		23
27	Matthew Hubert	33		22
28	Ricci Randanella	30		26
29	Klay Prager	29		29
30	Eric Grondahl	32		27
31	Cory Carsten	35		25
32	Nick Fratz-Orr	28		33
33	Carson Tickle	27		34
34	Bradley Lionnet	34		28
35	Caleb Tennant	24		39
36	Dustin Winter	39		32
37	Luke Neese	36		35
38	Deven Raper	38		36
39	Henry Miller	37		38
40	Ben Lamay	40		40
41	Ryan Diezic			31

 

 450 MOTO 1 RESULTS

Eli Tomac wins the first 450 Moto of the day at Budds Creek.

Justin Bogle grabbed the holeshot with Eli Tomac second. Bogle held on to the lead for almost the entire first lap, but Eli made an aggressive move around the outside of Justin on the landing of Henry’s hill. Ken Roczen made his way around Justin Bogle just two turns after Eli and he would begin to put the pressure on the former points leader. With 19-minutes left in the race Marvin Musquin would make the pass on Justin Bogle to grab the third place position. Zach Osborne and Justin Barcia quickly caught up to Justin Bogle to battle for fourth. The three riders jumped over Henry’s hill three-wide as Osborne took over fourth, Barcia fifth and Bogle sixth. Soon after, Jason Anderson made the move on Bogle as well. The privateer John Short ran tenth at the halfway point of the Moto. Eli Tomac went on to win the Moto with Ken Roczen second, and Marvin Musquin third. Jason Anderson and Zach Osborne put on a hard charge at the end of the race, but neither of them were able to pass their training partner Marvin Musquin.

POS.		#	RIDER
1		1	Eli Tomac
2		94	Ken Roczen
3		25	Marvin Musquin
4		21	Jason Anderson
5		16	Zachary Osborne
6		51	Justin Barcia
7		29	Benny Bloss
8		15	Dean Wilson
9		7	Aaron Plessinger
10		63	John Short
11		37	Kyle Cunningham
12		56	Lorenzo Locurcio
13		319	Coty Schock
14		700	James Weeks
15		101	Fredrik Noren
16		43	Tyler Bowers
17		119	Isaac Teasdale
18		718	Toshiki Tomita
19		19	Justin Bogle
20		90	Jeremy Hand
21		270	Jacob Runkles
22		314	Tyler Stepek
23		577	Felix Lopez
24		444	Caleb Tennant
25		80	Heath Harrison
26		309	Jeremy Smith
27		596	Carson Tickle
28		265	Nick Fratz-Orr
29		451	Klay Prager
30		489	Ricci Randanella
31		637	Robert Piazza
32		351	Eric Grondahl
33		647	Matthew Hubert
34		321	Bradley Lionnet
35		281	Cory Carsten
36		125	Luke Neese
37		49	Henry Miller
38		447	Deven Raper
39		332	Dustin Winter
40		41	Ben Lamay