IN
THE
WIND
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PEARSON CAPS OFF WHS FINAL
A
xel Pearson led a Purvines
Racing Beta 1-2 at the
Moapa Valley Off-Road Round-
up, hosted by the Darkside
Motorcycle Club, the eighth
and final round of the Kenda/
SRT AMA West Hare Scrambles
Regional Championship Series
in Logandale, Nevada, Novem-
ber 13. Leading from shortly
after the start, he finished
nearly four minutes in front of
Nick Burson, who'd locked up
the series championship at the
previous round; he finished with
182 points. Pearson vaulted from
fifth to third in the final series
point standings with 101.
Rocky Mountain ATV-MC/
Precision Concepts Yamaha-
mounted Justin Morgan rounded
out the top three on the day,
the round-seven winner finish-
ing the season fifth overall at 96
points. Round-four winner Justin
Bonita wrapped up second in
final points at 134 with a strong
fourth-place finish on his IRC
Tire Yamaha. (Defending series
champ Cory Graffunder missed
the final three rounds due to
scheduling conflicts; the SRT
KTM rider ending up fourth in
final points at 92.)
Pearson got a good jump off
the start but teammate Damon
Bush enjoyed an even better
one, grabbing the holeshot as
they left the pavement and jump-
ing into the first sand wash.
But it didn't take long for
Pearson to power past Bush on
his Motul/Precision Concepts/
Klim-backed 480 RR, and from
there he stayed in front for his
second win of the season,
though his other teammate gave
him a good run.
"I kind of got lucky and got a
good start for once," Pearson
said. "I put quite a bit of time on
them the first mile or two, and
I looked back and I didn't see
anybody close."
That's because Burson, on
the other hand, got a midpack
start. Though he already had the
Axel Pearson
recorded his
second triumph
of the season,
moving from
fifth to third in
final points.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
MARK
KARIYA
