Gerston Leads Beta Sweep At
Shasta Dam Grand Prix
B
eta riders topped all three Pro
classes at the Shasta Dam
Grand Prix, hosted by the Red-
ding Dirt Riders, at the Shasta-
Chappie Off-Highway Vehicle
Area, April 13-14. It was round
four of the Kenda/SRT AMA West
Hare Scrambles Regional Cham-
pionship Series, Presented by
MojoMotorsport.com.
Max Gerston (Beta), the 2017
series champ, showed no signs
of slowing down as he went
practically wire to wire in a seem-
ingly effortless rout to become
the first two-time winner of the
season. Gray Area KTM's Devan
Bolin surprised himself on the
relatively fast and long (a nearly
30-mile loop) course to claim a
strong second, while Gerston's
teammate Joe Wasson came from
an uncharacteristic dead-last start
and rallied back to third.
Gerston thus stretched his
points lead over Wasson, 110-88.
Bolin's runner-up finish moved him
past Beta-supported Zane Roberts
for third in points, 64-56. Roberts
won Pro 250 for the third straight
round despite a time-consuming
off-course blunder that saw him
lucky to finish fifth overall.
Though AMA District 36 local
AJ Lehr got the holeshot on his
KTM, his lead was short-lived, as
he fell a few turns into the race.
Gerston was perfectly posi-
tioned to take advantage of that
on his Motul/FMF/Klim-backed
430 RR, and that was the closest
anyone got for the remainder of
the race that went three laps and
took the winner three hours, one
minute and 40 seconds.
"I'm not necessarily famous for
getting good starts and when you
finally get one, it's almost weird
feeling," Gerston said. "It's almost
like, 'Cool; I'm out front—now what
do I do?'
IN
THE
WIND
P50
A few minutes
into the race, Max
Gerston got the
lead and never let
go at the Shasta
Dam Grand Prix.
PHOTOS: MARK KARIYA
