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BELL DOMINATES TAFT AMA GP
T
hough Zach Bell and the rest
of the Team Green/Chaparral
Motorsports/Precision Concepts
riders are concentrating on other
series this year, they proved they
haven't forgotten how to ride a
traditional grand prix like those
found in the FMF AMA Na-
tional Grand Prix Championship
(NGPC) Series.
The Honolulu Hills GP, hosted
by the Dirt Diggers Motorcycle
Club, saw Bell lead a Precision
Concepts 1-3, with teammate
Blayne Thompson taking a solid
third place behind Johnny Camp-
bell Racing (JCR) Honda's Trevor
Stewart, the defending series
champ.
Emphasizing the team's
strength, Clay Hengeveld ran his
number-one plate in the Pro II
class and came from behind to
claim second behind first-time
winner Ciaran Naran with Austin
Serpa taking third.
"I love coming back to this
round! This was where I got
my first off-road win so I love
coming back here," Maxima/
Pro Circuit/FastHouse KX450-
mounted Bell said. "I got off to
a really good start—I think I was
second behind Trevor and made
the pass right away and rode my
own race from there and had
fun out there. The track was
really good. With that little bit
of rain we had, it made the dirt
perfect."
Stewart got the jump off the
Zach Bell got the lead
early from eventual
runner-up Trevor Stewart
and won handily for the
third year in a row.
Though Taft was only
Ciaran Naran's second
GP, he's no novice. He
won the Pro II class.
