MORE POINTS FOR TRIUMPH DUO IN PRO MOTOCROSS SECOND ROUND
The Triumph Racing duo of Jalek Swoll and Joey Savatgy left the second round of the 2024 AMA Pro Motocross season with more points and showing further promise. Swoll had the most success at the Hangtown Motocross Classic in Sacramento, California, placing eighth in both motos to finish seventh overall. Teammate Savatgy suffered a technical issue in the first moto but recovered with a strong seventh in the second race.
With the team having spent a lot of their development and training time with the all-new Triumph TF 250-X on the dirt of the east coast of America, the first two rounds of the series in California on the west coast were always going to be about staying healthy and gaining as many points as possible.
The event started well with the two Triumph riders showing fast pace in the opening qualifying session, but it was Savatgy once again who turned up the pace on the #17 bike in the second session. As per the first round, he was sitting in the top spot with the fastest time only to be toppled in the very final moments. He took the second gate pick while Jalek achieved eighth fastest overall.
The first moto promised a lot with both riders fast out of the gates and staying clear of a first turn incident, with Swoll in sixth and Savatgy a little further back. Once the first lap settled, Joey fired through the pack and was up into the top five. Hanging on to the tail of eventual race winner, Haiden Deegan, Joey then encountered an unfortunate issue with 19 mins to go, forcing him out of the moto. For Swoll, after an initial strong start, he found himself back in 15th at one stage, but the Californian rider rallied to place eighth at the flag.
The track was well watered for the second moto, which made it very different from the first outing. When the gate dropped, it was Swoll who clinched a strong start and settled into sixth. He showed his fitness and class during the long moto in the Californian heat with strong battles throughout with many of the top ten riders. Teammate Savatgy was keen to make amends for the first moto disappointment and used his experience to overturn a bad gate pick to run in the top 20 in the first lap. The charge from the #17 continued and he progressed to an amazing seventh at the flag, pushing his fellow Triumph rider into eighth in the closing moments.
