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get me in the K-rails, and I'd get him back in the off-road," said Oliveira. "I stayed in front of him, but we pitted, and I got a little tight after that. So, Ma- son got ahead of me and opened up a 13-second lead. I tried to charge on the final lap, but he was riding too good." Early leader Serpa finished out the race on the podium in third. But it was an adventure for him all the way. After taking the holeshot, seemingly noth- ing went right for KTM rider, Serpa. While picking his way through the first Pro section, he damaged the bike's front wheel. After pitting for repairs, he later lost much of the use of his rear brake. "My front end got tweaked on the first lap, and after the pit [stop], I broke my rear brake ped- al, so I had minimal rear brakes," said Serpa. "With all that consid- ered I still got third so I can't be too upset about it." Husqvarna rider Noah Kepple took fourth and was the last Pro 2 rider to finish on the lead lap (among all Pros). Kepple ran as high as third in the opening few laps and had the honor of record- ing the fastest Pro 2 lap time of the race on the first full lap with a 9:53.148. Oliveira was next best with a 9:54.503. In Pro 2 Lights, Tyler Lynn had an eventful race. He struggled to get his bike to fire on the start line, spotting his competitors a big head-start in what would be The largest gap Oliveria had over Ottersberg across the scoring chute each lap was just three seconds but most of the times it was a second or less! By lap nine, Ottersberg had taken over the lead, but Oliveria stayed tough and pressured the new leader all the way to the fin- ish line. Ottersberg held on to take the win by just eight seconds over Oliveria. "I just ran a steady race and I was able to wear him out," said Ot- tersberg of his battle with Oliveira. "But those last two laps were stressful. Every time I hit those K- rails I tried to hit them clean. This is my first national win, so I was scared to death on that final lap." Oliveira admitted that the pressure of leading and being pursued so closely by Ottersberg finally got to him. "For the first hour-30, he'd progressed. The KTM rider com- pleted the first lap in seventh but slowly worked his way up through the field. Honda rider Trevor Stewart started off in sixth place, climbed as high as fourth but eventually crossed the finish line in fifth place, well behind Sutherlin. Austin Walton (Husqvarna), Justin Seeds (Yamaha), Martinez, Ryan Surratt (Husqvarna) and Mitch Anderson (KTM) rounded out the top 10 and were the only other rid- ers to finish on the lead lap. In the Pro 2 class, KTM rider Austin Serpa took the early lead but slipped back to sixth before completing the first lap. The new leader was Mateo Oliveira (GasGas) but hot on his heels was Mason Ottersberg (Purvines Yamaha) of Arizona. Oliveria led for the next eight (of 12) laps but, as hard as he tried, couldn't shake Ottersberg. OFF-ROAD ROCKY MOUNTAIN ATV-MC WORCS SERIES, PRESENTED BY POLARIS RZR AND DIRT BIKE ROUND 1 / JANUARY 26, 2020 BUFFALO BILL'S RESORT & CASINO / PRIMM, NEVADA P64 Mason Ottersberg scored a hard- earned victory in Pro 2.