year," Tyler Lynn said.
Actually, Ballow did crash
when he hit a coyote that sud-
denly ran out in front of him in
the dark. "That's actually."
The Clark/Nicholson/Simp-
son/Warda team held second
overall during the early going
but settled in to third during the
afternoon, completing 55 laps
on their KTM 300 XC.
Six of the entries were Iron-
men and Carlos Montalvan took
the win with 31 laps done aboard
his Ika Sushi & Grill-sponsored
KTM 300 XC-W.
Two teams of kids entered
on minis this year with the older
squad of Tristun Alvarez, Dustyn
Davis, Austin Eddy, Kyle Heald
(injured and not riding), Kaden
Lynn and Caleb Tate the first to
finish, with 41 laps done on their
Zip-Ty Racing/Malcolm Smith
Motorsports/Maxxis KX85.
"Our front brake got messed
up, but that was it," Eddy said.
Zach Bell said, "Props to
these little kids out here racing!
That's a tough course for these
little guys."
Mark Kariya
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THE
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About seven hours in, Carlos
Montalvan leaps towards the
Ironman victory with 26 laps done.