onds, I think, but we demolished that
one with six seconds!" Samuels said.
"I was biting my nails for the last freak-
ing hour!"
Pondering the reason behind the
close finish, he added, "I'd say this
course is a lot easier for it to be tighter
[between] teams with its fast roads—no desert
[section near San Felipe], no big whoops, no really
hard technical sections."
A late entry aboard a completely refreshed 2005
Stanley Brothers/Deus/Huntington Beach Honda
CRF450X that he bought as a basket case for
$500, Udall built his team around a Netflix docu-
mentary that Minchinton is planning. "I'm really
proud of Forrest and Derek and Nic; they rode real-
ly well," Udall said. "What we came here to do is to
learn about our team, learn how we bond together
and put ourselves out of the dust [when getting our
Baja 1000 start position]. I think we were super-
competitive on the old [bike] today for a
while."
Fourth overall ended up being Pro
Moto 30 (riders 30 years and older)
winners Shane Esposito, Francisco
Septien, and Roberto Villalobos on their
Elevators Etc./MotoGarage 730/Preci-
sion Concepts CRF450X in 9:11:31. Class runners-
up Santiago Creel, Homero Diaz, Massimo Mangi-
ni, Kiko Montealvan, Kevin Murphy, and Jim O'Neal
rounded out the top five bikes overall in 9:15:27
aboard their Monkey Business Workshop/Monster
Energy/O'Neal Racing KTM 500 EXC-F.
Mark Kariya
Overall Motorcycle
1. Slam Life Racing (Hon)
2. Monkey Business Workshop (KTM)
3. Stanley Brothers/Deus/Huntington Beach (Hon)
4. Elevators Etc./MotoGarage 730/Precision Concepts (Hon)
5. Monkey Business Workshop/Monster Energy/
O'Neal Racing (KTM)
IN
THE
WIND
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The winning Pro Moto
Limited team of Marco
Peña, Maury Herrera,
Bryon Wipermon and
Miguel Cardonez
celebrate with their
team. They finished sixth
motorcycle overall.
