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Cycle News 2019 Issue 18 May 7

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VOL. 56 ISSUE 18 MAY 7, 2019 P53 dusty and pretty dangerous, so it was just about being patient, hitting your lines right and being aware of the lappers—they were really good today, but I know they're in their own race, too, so we both have to be respectful." Despite falling in the tricky rock section on the last lap, the Pro Circuit/Maxxis/Fasthouse KX450 rider had a 31-second margin over Seeds at the fin- ish to earn the majority of the $8000 combined Pro purse. FMF/Dunlop/O'Neal YZ450F- mounted Seeds said, "I definitely felt really good today. "I got the start—I was three for three on holeshots for the weekend—and was able to get up front, but Zach had a nice line through the whoops on the truck course and got by me. I was like, 'Okay, let's stay close to him. I know we can pull away from third and fourth, and that's what we did. "I pretty much rode tight the whole time. The track is just so weird; it's so unpredictable what's going to happen, so Zach got away from me a little bit. Trevor started to catch up to me, Blayne [Thompson] started to catch up to him, and I was like, 'Uh oh, here we go!' Thank goodness for the pit because the pit saved me. I got my drink and was able to go out and push and try to close the gap on Zach." Though he whittled the gap down a bit, the race remained in Bell's hands and Seeds settled for second, taking three points out of the gap to Stewart. Pro Circuit/J.L. Ray/Fly Rac- ing CRF450RX rider Stewart came into Sunday after a high- speed get-off Saturday that left him banged up and said, "I took a big digger yesterday [in the AA race]. It was one of the gnarlier crashes I've had in a long time! I don't know how I'm okay from it, honestly. I think I just lied to myself all day yesterday, telling myself I was okay to race today." Bell's teammate Blayne Thompson claimed fourth ahead of motocrosser Ryan Surratt and his MotoCutz Kawasaki. Slam Life Racing (SLR) Honda's Tal- lon LaFountaine finished sixth overall in winning the Pro II class aboard his Monster Energy/Lava It was the SLR Honda rider's first NGPC win with class points leader 3 Bros./SRT Husqvarna's Ciaran Naran having an off day but still finishing second in class and seventh overall. TBT Racing Kawasaki's Ryan Reina, Chaparral Motorsports/ Precision Concepts Kawasaki rider Clay Hengeveld (third Pro II) and 3 Bros. Husqvarna- mounted Shane Logan (fourth Pro II) rounded out the top 10 overall. Mark Kariya PRO 1. Zach Bell (Kaw) 2. Justin Seeds (Yam) 3. Trevor Stewart (Hon) 4. Blayne Thompson (Kaw) 5. Ryan Surratt (Kaw) 6. Tallon LaFountaine (Hon) 7. Ciaran Naran (Hus) 8. Ryan Reina (Kaw) 9. Clay Hengeveld (Kaw) 10. Shane Logan (Hus) Warm temperatures and a light wind made it impossible to keep water in the dirt, so dust was a problem in several sections. Tallon LaFountaine fought through it to claim his first Pro II win.

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