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said. "I got the holeshot and just
kind of put in a good ride, a few
good sprint laps like I normally do
and was able to manage the race
from there."
Despite owning a cushion of
one minute and 26 seconds over
Stewart at the finish, Bell faced
the points situation realistically,
saying, "I think I'm a little too far
[back] for the championship, but
I'm taking it race by race. Right
now, I'm undefeated in the [GPs]
but missed two rounds, though
I'm happy with the progress that
I've had this year."
Stewart tried to keep it
close on his Pro Honda Oils/
VP Racing Fuels/Fly Racing-
backed CRF450RX but instead
found himself dueling with 2018
WORCS champion Giacomo Re-
dondi for most of the 90-minute,
$8000 feature race.
"I tried making passes early
on, but [Redondi's] sprint speed
was really fast in the beginning,"
Stewart said.
Before long, though, Redondi
waved by a surprised Stewart.
"He couldn't hold on any longer;
he was pushing too hard," Stew-
art said. "He hasn't been doing
any of this kind of racing for a
while, so it's understandable."
Also understandable is the
JCR Honda rider's frustration
at having to remember that the
championship is the goal at this
point, not beating Bell in individu-
al races. "It's a really tough place
to be in," Stewart said. "Mentally,
it bites at me every night I go to
bed. Obviously, I want to be the
guy; I personally feel like I can
run with Zach all the time, but I
know there are things that are
more important than that right
now, so I'm just doing what I
need to do to wrap up another
championship. That's all I can
care about."
After spending this year back
in Europe contesting the FIM En-
duro World Championship as well
as the national enduro champion-
ship in his native Italy, Redondi
decided to return to the U.S. and
get ready for next year when he
plans to once again chase the
WORCS Championship, as well
as the NGPC crown.
Having lined up support and a
Husky FX 450 at the last minute
from Red Bull and 3 Bros. Rac-
ing, in addition to some of his
Clay Hengeveld (1) was one of
the few to escape the carnage
on the Pro II start that claimed
Ciaran Naran. Hengeveld went
on to finish third behind Tyler
Lynn (222) and Shane Logan.
