ride the bike to its full potential.
The harder I rode it, the more it
would bog and shut off."
In Pro 2, Tallon LaFountaine
earned his first career WORCS
victory. Clay Hengeveld finished
second, followed by Mitch
Anderson. LaFountaine, who is
in his rookie year in the WORCS
series on a Husqvarna, rode
from the back to finish second
in the 450A class earlier in the
day and that helped him find the
productive lines on the difficult
track during the Pro event.
"I got the line late for the 450A
race, so I had to come from the
back and nearly won it," said
LaFountaine. "I think that helped
me in the Pro 2 race, because
I was pushing so hard. I'm new
to this, and it's tougher than I
thought it would be. The reason
I'm out here is to learn every-
thing I can. The sport is really
going in the right direction so
this is the right time for me to be
doing this."
Hengeveld scored his second
podium of the season on his
Kawasaki. After suffering cramps
earlier in the day, Hengeveld did
his own version of Zen breathing
to bring him second.
"I had to focus on my breath-
ing," said Hengeveld. "I wanted
to do well here, so I took it easy,
breathed, and I'm on the po-
dium. There were some lines I
figured out in the race and they
suited me really well."
Despite fighting illness during
the race, Anderson battled both
Hengeveld and LaFountaine
before finishing third on his
CST KTM. Anderson's seventh
consecutive podium combined
with a DNF by Austin Serpa gave
him some breathing room in the
title chase.
Serpa was running third in
the race when he misjudged
the double tabletop jump and
crashed. He sustained a shoul-
der injury that took him out of
contention.
"I landed weird and it sent me
soaring through the air," said
Serpa. "I tried to hold on, but the
pain was too much so I rode in
and called it a day."
In Pro 2 Lights, Tyler Lynn won
his first WORCS race after not
competing in the series for more
than a year. Mateo Oliveira fin-
ished second, followed by Collin
Elliott. Lynn started third and
battled Oliveira during the final
two laps to net the victory.
"I came out here to have fun,"
said Lynn. "I won 250 this morn-
ing, so I knew I had a chance in
the Pro 2 Lights. I pushed hard
when it got rough on the last lap
and got the win."
Oliveira was running his sec-
ond race on a KTM 250 after
moving up from a 125. The move
paid off as he earned his first
career WORCS podium.
"I finally got on a 250 and
that helped out today, putting
me on a box for the first time,"
said Oliveira. "The track was a
lot like I run back home with the
whooped out and rocky stuff, so
I liked it."
Elliott also made a switch, in
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was runner-up
and maintains his
points lead in the
championship.
