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"I had a lot of fun. There was a lot of
high-speed stuff and there was a lot of
first-gear stuff, too! So it was a little bit
of everything, which was fun for me."
Despite being more of a tight-woods,
technical aficionado, Bolin coped with
the dry, faster conditions well aboard
his Racer Decal/Kenda/Leatt-sponsored 350 XC-F and
said afterward, "I'm happy. I finally rode to what I feel I
can. I just had a slow start. We don't get to ride between
races so we're finally getting caught up with these guys.
For Wasson who's been getting great starts in the
hare and hound nationals, having his Rekluse/Enduro
Engineering/Fly Racing 430 RR fail to start was a new
experience—and one he hopes never happens again,
though he recovered nicely.
"I took a deep breath and I was like, 'Okay, you've
got a lot of work ahead of you. Just ride smart, hit your
marks and see what you can pull together,'" Wasson
said. "I rode pretty good getting back up there, but I
also made a lot of stupid mistakes. I was kind of happy
with myself but disappointed at the same time. But
we got on the podium and there's a few rounds left so
we're going to charge next time."
Mach 1 Motorsports Husqvarna rider Cole Conatser
had been third in the early going but couldn't hold Was-
son off and settled for fourth in 3:08:35 to Wasson's
3:07:23.
Roberts took fifth overall in winning Pro 250 for the
third round in a row aboard his Six Five O Racing/
Racer Decal/Klim 250 RR after going off a cliff on a
fast fire road on the first lap.
"It wasn't anything crazy; I don't even think I hit the
ground with my body, but the bike fell off the side of
a hill, and it's so hard to get it back up when that hap-
pened," he said. "Fortunately, there was a [course
worker] right there and he helped me pull it back up. If it
wasn't for him, I wasn't getting the bike back up. It was
probably five or six minutes trying to get it back up."
Bell Powersports Yamaha rider Justin Bonita, Pro
250 runner-up Dillon Sheppard, Lehr Real Estate KTM-
mounted Michael Aranda, A.J. Lehr and Pro 250 third-
place Kyle Hutcheson rounded out the top 10 overall.
Mark Kariya
OVERALL
1. Max Gerston (Bet)
2. Devan Bolin (KTM)
3. Joe Wasson (Bet)
4. Cole Conatser (Hus)
5. Zane Roberts (Bet)
6. Justin Bonita (Yam)
7. Dillon Sheppard (Yam)
8. Michael Aranda (KTM)
9. AJ Lehr (KTM)
10. Kyle Hutcheson (KTM)
After going off a fire road
and down a cliff on the
first lap, Zane Roberts was
able to retake the lead and
win Pro 250.
Morgan Tanke
passed Sharon
Mowell and
barely held her
off for her first
Pro Women
victory.
