Supercross

Musquin Downs Tomac to Take Foxborough Supercross Win

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Sunday, April 22nd, 2018

3:19 PM

Marvin Musquin's win at Foxborough keeps his chances at a title alive but slim with 2 rounds to go and a 34point deficit to Jason Anderson. Credit: Simon Cudby

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing‰Ûªs Marvin Musquin charged his way to victory in the 450SX class on Saturday in front of a packed crowd at Gillette Stadium for Round 15 of the 2018 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship.

As the gate dropped for the 450SX Main Event, Musquin powered to the front and assumed the lead on the opening lap. The Frenchmen dominated the first 21 laps of the race until Eli Tomac interjected just before the white flag. With a victory on his mind, Musquin fought back hard making an aggressive and controversial last-lap pass that left Tomac on the ground to capture his third win of the season in Foxborough.

‰ÛÏAfter Eli got past me, I knew I had to do something ‰ÛÒ it‰Ûªs for the win," Musquin said. "I led so many laps and I was bummed but I felt like I was riding really good so I knew I could charge. I was going into the main rut the whole Main Event, and he cut really tight, I definitely didn‰Ûªt expect it.

"Obviously, the outcome was pretty brutal, and I‰Ûªm sorry about what happened with the crash, but it could have been bad for me too. It was for a 450 Main Event win, sometimes you have to try your hardest, and I know I did that.‰Û

Eli Tomac passed Musquin on the final lap but was ultimately left on the ground when the Frenchman came back in a hard way.

Tomac regained his composure and re-mounted to finish just ahead of points leader Jason Anderson in second. As would be expected, Tomac saw the incident a bit different to Musquin.

"It was just a cheap shot really, that's all there was to it. I passed him straight up square and clean, and he went way, way, past clean, that was bad! It was a joke" Tomac said after the race. "hopefully he gets to sleep on it. I am not going to do anything stupid, it was just bad!" he concluded.

Jason Anderson was top-five at the start and battled with a freight train of riders up front. He maintained his position in third and focused on staying consistent in order to get a good finish to maintain his lead in the 450 championship. He had a clean finish in third and retains his lead in the 450 championship as the series heads to its penultimate round next Saturday.

‰ÛÏIt was a pretty consistent day,‰Û

Third was a good result for points leader Jason Anderson as he heads to the final rounds with a handy 34 point lead. Photo: Simon Cudby

Chard Reed pulled the holeshot in heat race two to the delight of the crowd to qualify for his 235th main event start. The 36-year-old Australian had a reasonably strong ride to cross the line tenth in the main event.

After winning his heat race Zach Osborne pulled the holeshot in the 250SX East Championship main event and worked hard to pull a gap while Jordon Smith and Kyle Peters battled for the minor placings.

Osborne stayed consistent despite the rutted track and maintained the lead. He led every lap and cruised to his seventh career victory to maintain his lead in the 250SX East Championship. Osborne will lay it all on the line as he heads to the series finale in two weeks in Las Vegas with a 15 point lead.

‰ÛÏWhat a great day in Foxborough,‰Û

Zach Osborne increased his lead in the 250SX East Championship to 15 points with a strong gate to flag win. Photo: Simon Cudby

Jordon Smith got the better of Kyle Peters to take the second step on the podium with the Autotrader/ Yoshimura/ Suzuki Factory Racing rider having another solid finish with third. It was not an easy night for Peters who was riding with a knee injury and having to qualify through the LCQ, which he won.

Ride of the night went to Geico Honda's Jeremy Martin who clawed his way to a gutsy fourth place after a crash on lap one left him dead last and half a lap behind.

Osborne heads into the Las Vegas finale with a 15-point lead over Smith.