Central Florida has been gaining ground
on Southern California as the epicenter
of the motocross industry Marvin and
Matilda moose can are two of the many
that have become bicoastal and purchased
a second home in the Clermont area due
to its training opportunities and
extreme climate I just when he told me
that we had to move to Freud I was like
what like I held every snakes and Gators
and bugs and mosquitoes and I'm like
well good you know it's tough and Freud
ah I'm not gonna lie but it's good to do
both i feel like so we never really get
tired of even one like california is
more like christmas traffic on the road
and here you know like it's more mellow
and everything is green and it's a
different lifestyle for sure the
advantage of committing to the southeast
is evident given Marvin's results
through the first three rounds as the
2017 Motocross season started off
exactly as planned for the French world
champion actually really well I was able
to win my very first model of my career
on the 450 so that was an awesome day
Corrado it's time that I see mommy Don
the full 15 with a red plate on it pups
you know I mean it's cool that's
something that you know you're waiting
for and the rigs good on the KTM I mean
the confidence and momentum Marvin
carried away from Colorado was diverted
the following week at the Baker's
factory when a slight mishap that did
not even result in a crash conspired to
destroy the Moose Cannes championship
dreams I was actually feeling great and
two laps to go I just lost the front
coming into a turn and I hit the foot on
the ground and I tweaked the knee
I got scared you know I just the muscle
and the whole leg kind of like shut off
right away told me say well we can just
pack everything up and you'll go from
being the red plate older by 17 climbs
to
the season is over
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I was like trying to keep it together
and don't panic even though I probably
saw that I panicked a little bit but why
brings back bad memories we went through
to a CA right away like you can see just
those pictures coming back to your brain
and you're like no that can happen again
like not right now when we first looked
at play that he had in his knee it
didn't look good oh my gosh you know
looks like ACL is gone we've got an MRI
and actually it came back that here's
this in some meniscus damage but nothing
to the degree that it's over or that
he's gonna require surgery I was like
what it's almost like the ends were that
we were not even expecting once we got
you know and all care from the doctor
you're like you can still keep going I'm
gonna be easy but we'll try at least I
mean we are please gonna try look he's
taking a knock I do believe in this
situation it's actually gonna make him
better from my perspective I like to see
that this fight in the dog I went to
High Point the next day actually my
riding was terrible rumor was that moose
cam might have been nursing an injury
and the fact that moose can is in 17th
right now would lead us to think that
might be the case losing so many points
like that it's not good for me for my
mind it's not good for the team I mean
it was a tough one but I was very proud
of what he showed on the track because
you didn't give up I can see the mom in
that wanted it you know again
mousse cans misfortune would allow his
training partner Jason Anderson an
Anderson's longtime rival Blake Baggett
to become the frontrunner in the title
chase Jason and Blake's disdain for each
other has been unmistakable and with
Baggett's recent revival and outspoken
personality tensions have elevated both
on and off the racetrack I'm not a fan
because I think he has very bold
statements and I feel like some of his
statements are maybe a little bit
disrespectful towards some of the
competition basically I said that you
know the goal is to catch somebody and
break them and everybody kind of just
flexed up over it you know they just
blew up over it it's tough for everyone
to stay cool with each other when
championship is a million five or more
you know that you're gonna make and then
second place is like 50 grand bottom
line is were fighting for paychecks and
money if you can say something that gets
that guy flustered and then maybe he's
not on his a-game the next weekend it
was worth it Blake he has not a tude and
I love that that shows me that he feels
good about himself in my opinion to know
you're a badass is to say you're about
it is fourth of July weekend at Red Bud
Raceway the halfway point of the outdoor
national season America's most attended
race of the year will be the setting for
red plate holder Blake Baggett to extend
his four-point lead over Eli Tomac with
Jason Anderson and the ailing Marvin
loose cannon toe try to get one more in
came to Red Bud and he qualified second
overall if we can just stay on the
podium every week good things always end
up happening first overall today it was
tight it was close so it's gonna be a
good race I mean she's finally really
confident moto fans from all over the
globe are focused on red but the most
iconic motocross track in the world 19
points separating your top three in this
series that's Baggett Tomac and Anderson
and Barb and Bruce cans saying he feels
like that knee injury is nearly back to
100% so any of those four could take it
Oh summer goes flying Jason Anderson
goes down let's see if he can come back
you would think that Marvin Musquin
would be trying to find smooth ground to
favor that injured knee but he's not
scared at all
Tomac takes the lead he gets the inside
sound toe back out front Anderson has
climbed all the way up to eight
here comes back it now Blake Baggett has
gone into the number two position Marvin
Musquin back into number three ride
Anderson into the number four position
Blake Baggett is on a mission trying to
get around the number three of Eli Tomac
Baggett certainly has a chance if it
ends like this
Tomac will be 12.5 Baggett in the
standings Eli Tomac returned to form at
Red Bud and inched his way within one
point of second place finisher Blake
Baggett but the most impressive ride of
the day came from Jason Anderson who
fought his way back into contention
after picking his bike up dead last in
turn number one at this moto packed at
the start came all the way back up to
fourth knowing that hey man I still need
to be in the top four if I ever shot of
this he's got that understanding now and
he knows that he actually can do it you
know I could have went pretty disastrous
I'm like twenty four points out still
capable of winning the championship I
think the other guys that I'm battling
was for the championship have also had
issues that they've had to overcome as
well he's fighting for the red plate
today and that's a huge deal so second
to him is not what he wants but you know
we have moto two and if he
get the win that time he can go home
with overall and happy boy
and it's go time you go to the
championship and taken by charge and
with a cliff started he's got that crowd
of the line Granderson he wants to get
back and make up some ground right here
Jason Anderson jail
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he is dead
last the number four tries to recruit so
the chase is on Jason Anderson into the
number two position must get into the
number three
pushing so hard right now they try to
keep Tomac within sight back it's gonna
be frustrating he'll try to come back in
the next one
but today Red Bud is all about think
where we came from the last few weeks
it wasn't worried about its me anymore
and got a 3/3 for third overall so for
us that was a huge step after the last
two weeks so that's the one that like
you need surgery for down crashing and
drama that's entertainment value to most
people but for us wives and girlfriends
and and parents were watching the person
we love risk their life you know we
count on being there every weekend and
going home with a paycheck and I think
people forget that part
you were down 19 points before you got
it so they're just as capable of getting
back
I mean it's not like I was deliberately
trying to like take him out but I'm not
bummed that the dude tips over in a
corner I mean I think he should have hit
his brakes Jason was not trying to take
him out I mean the line comes together
someone has to give now if he was behind
in the same way he would have had to
give that up I didn't hear anything from
him because I was on the podium and he
wasn't who knows I might hear something
next weekend or whatever but I'm not
gonna lose sleep over it of course I'm
not happy about it and you know it's
kind of a bummer deal you tried to do to
others what you want them to do to you
but that's not the way this world works
really part of it's my fault for leaving
the door open but I won't leave the door
open again