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miles leading the way, having
drawn the first start position.
However, he couldn't answer
when Howes caught and passed
him on a high-speed road sec-
tion, so Garvin settled in behind.
Howes appeared to be well
on his way to another win aboard
his Garrett Off-road Racing/Lake
Powell Off-Road/Fly Racing-
backed Husky FE 501. Unfortu-
nately for him, he crashed out
late in the race, saying, "Garvin
said I just drifted around a cor-
ner into a rock and high-sided,
according to my tracks. Re-
ally glad it wasn't worse. Got all
checked out and I'm fine. Glad
Ricky was there to wake me up
and get me situated so I could
ride into the pit."
Brabec was the first on
scene, throwing his bike down
and quickly assessing Howes.
After making sure Howes wasn't
seriously injured, Brabec rode
on, the new physical leader after
spending so much of the race in
dust.
"I got to pit three (one of only
three pit stops the team sched-
uled for him, taking full advan-
tage of the nearly nine-gallon
onboard fuel capacity) and I had
only made up like 40 seconds,
I think, on Skyler," Brabec said.
"Then I got to pit seven and
Johnny pulled me aside and
said, 'You're going to have to
drop the hammer the rest of the
way because Skyler's not letting
up.' I was able to push and catch
Skyler's dust and then I was
in Skyler's dust from pit 10 to
almost 13 and then he hit a rock,
unfortunately, and high-sided
and kind of knocked himself
silly."
Garvin was next to reach How-
es and said, "I could see the pit
so I made sure he was good and
about that time I realized that I
was in second."
He was also worried that
he'd lose second since he was
dealing with an unknown issue:
"I had to baby the motorcycle ba-
sically at quarter throttle for the
last 65 miles or it'd quit, so I was
actually sweating bullets."
However, the eventual third-
place team of Colangelli/Kelly/
Vincent had its hands full battling
the 3 Bros. KTM pair of Hayden
Hintz/Trevor Hunter and Beta's
Zane Roberts/Joe Wasson.
After starting 11th, Colangelli/
Kelly/Vincent moved into third in
the first half of the race, Colan-
gelli citing a fast bike and excel-
lent pit work. A tire change at
pit seven dropped them behind
a bit, but they regained the lost
ground and ended up with third,
while Hintz/Hunter and Roberts/
Wasson rounded out the top
five.
Mark Kariya
Sixth overall and first
399cc Pro, Danny
Copper, Miles Holt
and Clayton Gerstner
(shown) took advantage
of the opportunities
to sneak peeks at the
variety of scenic vistas
along the way.
