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"We were going back and
forth," Seeds said. "Trevor, he
looked like he was a rookie on
the asphalt today! He'd go down,
get up, go down again, get up,
go down!
"It was so much fun racing with
close friends because we can
joke about it [afterwards]. I'm a
little bummed to get second; I
wanted to try to run Trevor down.
Unfortunately with that crash and
ringing my bell, I'm just happy to
be on the podium right now," the
YZ450FX-mounted rider offered.
"I've got to give it up to those
guys for making it a fun race. I
apologize to Eric because I did
get him a little close to a wall up
on the ridge, but I had to get by
him because I knew Trevor was
coming."
"Me, Justin and Trevor, we
were on the move," Yorba noted.
"We opened up a little bit of a
gap on fourth, and I dabbed my
knee pretty good on the second
lap and Seeds was able to get
around me shortly after. I did a
lap without goggles [after Seeds
splashed me, allowing Stewart to
also get by] and I made the deci-
sion to come into the pits a lap
before I was planning, but after
that I was just trying to [nurse] my
knee as much as I could."
At the finish, Yorba and his Mo-
tion Pro/Motorex/Klim-backed
450 XC-F were exactly a min-
ute behind Seeds, who was 37
seconds behind Stewart's finish
of one hour, 33 minutes and 37
seconds. In turn, Yorba was 38
seconds ahead of Slam Life Rac-
ing (SLR) Honda's Derek Kelley
with FastHouse Yamaha-mounted
Justin Hoeft fifth.
Kawasaki rider Ryan Surratt,
Pro II winner Ciaran Naran on his
3 Bros. Husqvarna FC 250, TBT
Racing Kawasaki's Ryan Reina
and Pro II riders Tyler Rosa and
Tyler Lynn rounded out the top 10
overall.
Mark Kariya
Ciaran Naran
backed up his Pro
II win at round two
with a convincing
triumph at round
three, establishing
him as the man to
beat in the class
early in the season.
After sitting out much
of last year with injury,
Austin Eddy showed he's
getting back to speed by
handing Mikayla Nielsen
a rare defeat in the D37
Super Mini race.
Pro Results
1. Trevor Stewart (Hon)
2. Justin Seeds (Yam)
3. Eric Yorba (KTM)
4. Derek Kelley (Hon)
5. Justin Hoeft (Yam)
6. Ryan Surratt (Kaw)
7. Ryan Reina (Kaw)
8. Nic Garvin (Hon)
9. Rento Minuto (Yam)
10. Evan Kelly (KTM)
