Barcia finishes sixth in Washougal for GEICO Honda

 

WASHOUGAL, Wash. (July 23) – GEICO Honda's Justin Barcia bounced
back from breaking his nose last week to finish sixth overall in
Saturday's Washougal National, the eighth stop in the Lucas Oil AMA
Motocross Championship.

 

Barcia finished fourth in the first moto and ninth in the second.
Although today wasn't finish he was looking for, the 2011 Supercross
Lites East champion still has hopes to finish the season strong.

 

"I was definitely hoping to get up on the podium, but that's the
plan every weekend," Barcia said. "The track was tough and for some
reason I just couldn't stay up in the top three but there's always next
weekend and next race is my home race so I'm looking forward to that."

 

Sophomore rider Eli Tomac struggled at the start of both motos and
it cast a shadow over his finishes. He finished 16th and 15th, earning
17th overall.

 

"This was just a tough weekend for our team," Tomac said. "I got a
bad start both motos, then I fell so it put me back in the pack and I
had to work my way up to the front and I wasn't able to do it."

 

Tomac's GEICO teammate Hahn competed in just his third race of the
season after missing most of the year due to a back injury he suffered
in the Supercross season opener. Hahn rode to a 14th place finish in
first moto and a 17th place finish in the second moto, earning 18th
overall.

 

"I'm just happy to be back on the bike," Hahn said. "I definitely
didn't ride as good as I know I can. I'm going to make the most of the
next two weeks so I can come back strong for Unadilla."

 

Tomac is currently fifth in the championship points standings followed by Barcia in seventh and Hahn in 20th.

 

Just prior to the trip up to Washington, Barcia, Tomac and Hahn
were all treated to a special GEICO outing in Colorado to visit NORAD,
one of our country's defense command centers.

 

"Visiting NORAD was cool," Barcia said. "It was great to see how
the men and women of our country do what they do. We also got to hang
out with a lot of the other teams that GEICO sponsors in NHRA and AMA
Road Racing so it was awesome to get to hang out with some of our
teammates away from the track."

The next stop for the AMA Lucas Oil Outdoor Nationals will be Unadilla, August 13th in New Berlin, N.Y.