Marvin Musquin Claims RC Hard Charger at Hangtown‏

MORGANTOWN, W.Va.
(May 25, 2011) - KTM rider Marvin Musquin is the recipient of the first
Ricky Carmichael Hard Charger Award of the 2011 Lucas Oil AMA Pro
Motocross Championship. The award goes to the athlete who passes the
most competitors in a single moto at each of the 12 rounds of the
series. It symbolizes its namesake's never-surrender determination that
carried him to 102-career AMA Pro Motocross wins and 10 consecutive AMA
Pro Motocross Championship - both records.

At
the Rockstar Energy Hangtown Classic, the rider who passed the most
competitors in a moto was actually making his debut in the series.
Musquin, the 21-year-old import from Le Reole, France, who traded in a
pair of World Motocross MX2 Championship titles for a shot at an AMA
title with KTM, was on the starting gate for the first time in 2011,
after missing the entire AMA Supercross tour with a knee injury he
suffered last November before moving to the U.S.

Now,
Musquin is competing for the Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship
in the 250 Class. He started off his season with a solid fourth-place
finish in the first moto, but then went down in a pile-up in the second
turn of Moto 2 on the incredibly rough Hangtown track. However, the
Frenchman put his head down and went to work. He completed the first
full lap in 30^th place, but already moved into 22^nd
after the second of 15 laps. From there, he continued to move forward.
He finally took the checkered flag in sixth, which was good for
fifth-place overall in his American Motocross debut.

After
the race Musquin said, "It was a lot different, but it was fun - I
liked the change. Finally racing outdoors, it was a dream for me. Now
it is my goal."

Musquin passed 24 riders in the final 250 Class moto at Hangtown.
Courtesy Simon Cudby/Racer X

When
asked how he crashed in the second moto, Musquin responded, "I don't
really know! I was on the inside and tried to get (by) some riders, and
it was really tough. Maybe I lost my front wheel, or maybe I touched
another guy - I don't really know.

"I
just kept racing, kept pushing," he continued. "I was a little bit
tired around maybe five minutes before the end, but my fitness was
good. The track was really rough, but good, and my KTM is a good bike."

Musquin's
resilient top-five overall effort was the goal for his first Lucas Oil
AMA Pro Motocross Championship race. With the first round of 2011
finally under his belt, he will likely be a contender soon - maybe even
this weekend at the second round of the series, the Rockstar Energy
Freestone National from Wortham, Texas, this Saturday, May 28.

Musquin
will be presented with the Ricky Carmichael Hard Charger Award at
Saturday's pre-race riders meeting and recognized in front of his
fellow athletes on the American Motocross tour.

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