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JUSTIN HILL
250 MX / 11TH
IMAGE / LANNAN WORDS / ARMSTRONG DESIGN / MPG
>> Justin Hill made his return to the Pro Circuit Kawasaki team in 2017, together they clinched the 2017 West Coast Championship. When the Supercross season finished Pro Circuit had their eyes on newly crowned champ to follow up his indoor success to the moto- cross stage. Sadly Justin has struggled thus far in to his motocross campaign and is already 67 points behind the championship leader Zach Osborne. Hill could not catch a break in the first moto at Thun- der Valley, every time he started to make his way closer to the front he would make a mistake and drop positions faster then he was gaining them, by the end Hill finished in 17th. Justin started 11th in moto 2, he then made his way to 9th at the ten minute mark where he stayed until the final three laps when he was able to capitalize
on others mistakes to secure 7th. Although it is clear that Justin is having trouble finding his groove so far there is a lot or positives,
the most important one is that Justin has made it to the third round of Motocross racing, he hasn’t been able to do that since 2014. Also his results are on par or better then previous years. Realistically Hills focus should be on making in to every round and finishing every race which he hasn’t been able to accomplish since his rookie season in 2013.
78 GRITMOTO • JUNE 4, 2017