The second half of the 2022 Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross National Championship Series picked up where the first half left off. It’s the Tomas vs. Sexton show, with the top two riders obliterating the competition. Eli Tomac won his seventh consecutive Moto, with Chase Sexton taking the first runner-up spot for the seventh Moto in a row. The series lead changed hands after Moto 1, with Tomac leaving Spring Creek MX Park with the red plate and a four-point lead over Sexton.Eli TomacTomac led Moto 1’s first six laps (of 16) until being passed by Sexton. However, three laps later, Sexton crashed in a downhill right-hander, giving Tomac a healthy lead. Jason Anderson moved up to P2 from P4 on lap 2 when he passed Joey Savatgy and Ryan Dungey. Savatgy had great starts in both Motos, but fell in Moto 1, finishing in P17, and faded in Moto 2 to P8.Chase Sexton
Sexton took an early lead in the second Moto, heading the field for three laps. Tomac passed Savatgy and Ken Roczen on the second lap, and then Sexton two laps later. Sexton hounded Tomac for the rest of the race, though Sexton could never show Tomac a wheel. Sexton put in his fastest lap on the final lap of Moto 2, but came up 1.8 seconds short. Sexton finished over 42 seconds ahead of Christian Craig, who took the final slot on the Moto 2 podium. Anderson’s 3-4 performance gave him P3 overall for the day.Jason AndersonIn addition to Tomac taking the series lead from Sexton, Anderson moved past Ken Roczen for P3 in the series, as Roczen fell multiple times and went 16-12 on the day. Anderson trails series leader Tomac by 72 points. Craig’s 5-3 performance moved him into P4 in the standings, passing Dungey.The 2022 Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross National Championship Series resumes next week at Washougal MX Park in Washington. Check out our 2022 Pro Motocross TV Schedule so you don’t miss a gate drop.Photography by Align Media
2022 Spring Creek Motocross National Results, Spring Creek MX Park, Millville, MN
Eli Tomac, Yamaha, 1-1; 50 points
Chase Sexton, Honda, 2-2; 44
Jason Anderson, Kawasaki, 3-4; 38
Christian Craig, Yamaha, 5-3; 36
Ryan Dungey, KTM, 4-6; 33
Justin Barcia, GasGas, 6-5; 31
Aaron Plessinger, KTM, 7-7; 28
Benny Bloss, KTM, 9-10; 23
Shane McElrath, Husqvarna, 10-11; 21
Joey Savatgy, Kawasaki, 17-8; 17
Brandon Hartranft, Suzuki, 13-13; 16
Alex Martin, Yamaha, 12-14; 16
Garrett Marchbanks, Yamaha, 18-9; 15
Ken Roczen, Honda, 16-12; 14
Freddie Norén, 11-17; 14
Marshal Weltin, Suzuki, 14-15; 13
Max Anstie, Honda, 8-33; 13
Jerry Robin, GasGas, 15-18; 9
Kyle Chisholm, Yamaha, 19-16; 7
Izaih Clark, Honda, 25-19; 2
Henry Miller, KTM, 20-20; 2
2022 Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross National Championship Series (after 7 of 12 rounds)
Hello everyone and welcome once again to the Ultimate Motorcycling podcast—Motos and Friends. My name is Arthur Coldwells.
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In this week’s first segment, Senior Editor Nic de Sena rides the BMW K 1600 GT. This is the sporty bagger version of BMW’s K series of machines, those are the models with the awesome 6-cylinder engine. The GT has been given a little makeover for 2023, and Nic gives us his take.
In the second segment, I chat with one of my all time heroes—three-time World Champion racer ‘fast’ Freddie Spencer. I’ll do my best not to come off as too much of a fanboy here, but frankly it’ll be tough!
In my humble opinion, Spencer is a contender for the GOAT—greatest of all time. Sure, his career was a little shorter than some, and his number of championships falls behind the likes of Lawson, Doohan, Rossi, and of course Marquez. But at the time, Freddie literally changed the way motorcycles were ridden. 30 years before Marc Marquez, Freddie was able to push the front wheel into a slide, corner after corner, lap after lap in order to get the bike turned faster than anyone else. Freddie took completely different lines and was able to get on the throttle so early he could out accelerate anyone off a corner.
In the modern era, of course Freddie is the chairman of the FIM MotoGP Stewards panel. This is the panel of referees for all three classes of Grand prix racing. I talked to Freddie about his task there, and although for contractual reasons with Dorna and the FIM he cannot talk about specific riders, teams, or events, nevertheless his explanation of the job makes for interesting listening. It’s a tough job, and frankly I wouldn’t want to do it!
At any rate, Freddie’s new book ‘Feel’ is available on Amazon—I’d highly recommend you reading it whether you’re a fan of Freddie or not, even whether you’re into racing or not; every rider has something to learn from his mental approach.
Actually—Ultimate Motorcycling is giving away five copies of the book—signed by Freddie himself—to the first five listeners who contact us with the correct answer to the question: How many national AMA championships did Freddie win, and which years were they?
Please email your answers to producer@ultimatemotorcycling.com and we will contact the winners and send you a signed copy of Feel. Those five winners will be announced on a future episode. Unfortunately for legal reasons this offer is ONLY open to US residents.
So, from all of us here at Ultimate Motorcycling, we hope you enjoy this episode!
