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"It's really tricky and keeps you
on your toes because those tree
roots come out of nowhere," said
Robert. "The lava rock is so light
and moves around so much that
you have to stay up in the rpms
or it just sucked you down. [This
place] is easily one of the strang-
est places on earth to have a
motorcycle race."
Bell (Precision Concepts/
Kawasaki Team Green) laid down
a steady pace early in the event
and earned first starter honors.
He also found the course chal-
lenging and was happy to finish
Zach Bell tried to
keep Robert in
sight but had to
be again satisfied
with second.
Dante Oliveira
finished out
the day on the
podium.
