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Cycle News Issue 2019 45 November 12

Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles

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VOLUME 56 ISSUE 45 NOVEMBER 12, 2019 P25 (Above) Ryan Surratt made a late-race pass to claim second overall. (Below) Ricky Dietrich was left to collect third after running out of fuel on the last lap. to eat dust, so I went full send and got by him. It was a little squirrely but I made it and was able to lead from there on. Dietrich ran second for much of the race, gaining a gap over third when Surratt suffered a flat tire in the early going. He admit- ted that racing the 450 event would have probably given him the edge he needed to maintain the early lead. "It took me a couple laps to learn the course then around the middle of the race I pulled on Seeds and got pretty close to him," said Dietrich. "I think he picked up the pace a little bit and just with the dust… I felt like I would have had to take re- ally big chances to get by him." Dietrich ran into his own misfortune on the final lap when he ran out of gas. But with a lap over the rest of the field, the SLR Honda rider was still credited with third overall. "I was going to ride it in to a steady second place and then last lap up on the ridges, the bike ran out of gas," said Dietrich. "Just a small little error in calculation. I was able to get fuel from sweep, and as it turns out, all top three of us lapped up to third place, so I only lost the one place to Surratt. Not too bad at the end of the day. It's good to push your bike home and still get third place. You can't say that very often." [laughs]

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