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Broc Tickle
450 SX / OKLAND
IMAGE / MPG WORDS / ROEWER DESIGN / WILSON
>> Broc Tickle has had a decent season so far, but has not yet been able
to break into the top ten. Always sitting right there, Tickle is ready to get his RCH Suzuki within that group of riders. Riding strong throughout the day
he was able to qualify for the night show in fifth place, showing he has the speed to be up there. The night started out great for Tickle getting a really good jump out of the gate for the heat race. Right off the start he was in fifth, but quickly got by Weimer and moved into the transfer spot of fourth. Dungey quickly began to close in on him, but he was keeping up the aggression and riding incredibly wide making the pass difficult for Dungey. With a lot of ac- tion happening behind him Tickle continued not looking back and charging hard. Carrying good momentum through a rhythm section he was able to cut down on Brayton and move into third. With two laps to go Bagget was able
to make the pass on him sending the RCH Suzuki rider back to fourth with the pressure of Dungey right behind him. Fighting hard for his transfer spot Tickle held on and was able to move onto the main event right out of the heat race. Tickle began his day with his best foot forward, hoping to portray that
in the main event. Through the first turn Tickle was sitting closer to the back then he was the front and had a lot of work ahead of him. A couple minutes into the race he was able to fight his way forward into 13th. Shortly after Bogle inched by him sending him back to fourteenth. Not moving the direc- tion, he was hoping Tickle pulled the trigger and fought back working his
way up to 11th right behind Blake Bagget. After Musquin pulled off the track he moved his way into 10th place. Now within the top ten Tickle had to stay focused, especially with Reed putting the pressure on behind him. Unable to keep last weekend’s podium finisher at bay Tickle fell back a position to 11th again. Then Malcom Stewart crashed putting Tickle, once more, in 10th. As the race wound down to its end Musquin began to catch Tickle again. With only two laps left of the race he got passed and was put back in 11th where he finished. After such a strong start to the night The RCH Suzuki rider was hoping for a better finish.
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