the Air Cleaning Technology/Mo-
tocross Action Magazine/Panic
Rev KTM 450 XC-F he shared
with Zac Commans and Brandon
Krause. However, their primary
bike began spewing smoke at
the end of lap two, so they went
into impound and retrieved their
backup bike which lasted the rest
of the race.
Stewart quickly recovered and
got back into first by the end of
lap two; he, Martinez and Mor-
gan refused to cede the lead
for the remainder of the race,
Stewart saying, "Me and my
teammates, Cole and Justin, we
just really knocked out lap after
lap. We were super-consistent
with our times."
Indeed, they were the sole
team to string together laps in the
13-minute range, which essen-
tially put the race away for them.
Even after the sun went down
and the course grew rougher, the
SLR Honda squad alone cranked
out a few 13s and low 14s.
Though he's raced Super-
cross, this was the first time for
Martinez to tackle a night race
with headlights rather than stadi-
um lights, but he adapted quickly
though he admitted, "Justin actu-
ally got faster at night, which was
impressive."
Runner-up Garvin said he
was satisfied with their showing
aboard their Jax Transport Rac-
ing/AHM/STI Tires CRF450X,
especially during the night when
the majority of the race ran.
After flying in from Wyoming
that afternoon to join Dunn and
Logan on their Factory Connec-
tion/IMS/Kilmartin Racing 450
XC-F, Stover said that a rear-
brake issue hampered them at
night as they rode to a solid third.
The Matt Canepa/Mason
Decunzo/Ryan Marshall/Destry
Stewart team went 40 laps for
fourth on their 450 XC-F with
Christian Clarke/Tyler Richard-
son/Gavin Valdez fifth overall and
the final 40-lap finisher on their
300 XC.
Mark Kariya
OVERALL
1. SLR Honda
2. Champion Adventures Honda
3. 3 Bros. KTM
IN
THE
WIND
P52
Wes Nemec proved
to the toughest of the
Ironman participants
for the second year in
a row, taking the lead
after the sun went
down and surviving a
few attacks.
All Junior 10-hour Challenge racers got to take their bows on the podium.
