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I really had to choose my lines,
and it was very technical."
Mateo Oliveira kicked off the
race with a good start and a hole-
shot. He ran a quick pace during
the first hour before fatigue set in
during the second hour, and he
fell back before taking the final
spot on the podium.
"I started falling off of the pace
when my arms got tired," admitted
Oliveira. "I'm happy to be back
on the podium with good points.
We'll keep working hard and we'll
be where we need to be."
In Pro 2 Lights, Tyler Lynn
notched his second consecu-
tive victory of the season. Riding
a Honda, Lynn beat out Angus
Riordan (KTM) and Mason Mat-
thies (Yamaha). Lynn had trouble
at the start and spun off the line,
but he quickly made it back up to
fourth on the first lap. At the half-
way point he took the lead from
Riordan and never looked back.
"I just started picking people
off and tried to stay with Angus,"
said Lynn. "He was going quick,
but I started pushing hard. I had
to put down some quick laps to
get the lead. All in all, it was awe-
some, and I had a lot of fun."
Riordan took the lead at the
start and was setting a pace that
proved a little too fast in the end.
With 40 minutes left, fatigue took
its took its toll on Riordan, hand-
ing him second at the finish.
"Tyler got past me with 40
minutes to go and I just had
nothing left," said Riordan. "This
is my favorite type of riding. I like
endurocross, but the Grand Prix
format is my preferred type."
Like Lynn, Matthies was able
to turn a disappointing start into
a podium. After falling back to
dead last at the start, Matthies
made it up to third on the first lap
and held the position to score his
first-ever WORCS Pro podium.
"I slid off of the start and fell to
last," said Matthies. "I got past
everyone on the first lap and
made it up to third. This is my
first Pro podium and I'm psyched
about it."
In Pro Women, Brandy Rich-
ards remained perfect on the
season with her second victory.
Sharon Mowell was second
ahead of Ava Silverstri.
Light rain at the start of the Pro
Women race turned into steady
precipitation making for an exciting
and challenging race. Richards
took the lead at the start and then
had to thread her way through
several A-class riders, who had
crashed in the slick conditions.
"The first lap was a little crazy
with the 'A' guys going down in
front of us," said Richards. "I just
went around them. By the end of
the race we were doing com-
pletely different lines. It just got
more slippery during the race,
so we had to get off the main line
and out to areas that were drier."
Harlen Foley
PRO
1. Taylor Robert (KTM)
2. Austin Walton (Hus)
3. Cole Martinez (Hojn)
4. Zach Bell (Kaw)
5. Justin Seeds (Yam)
6. Trevor Stewart (Hon)
7. Travis Damon (Hon)
8. Mitch Anderson (KTM)
9. Dante Oliveira (KTM)
10. Chris Conway (KTM)
Cole Martinez (34) and
Austin Walton (50) fought
over second place.
