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speed, so something obviously
happened," Wasson said. "But
[Shirey's early pace] didn't worry
me a bit. I've really worked on
just staying consistent on my own
program and riding my own race
no matter who's in front of me or
who's behind me. Once you start
chasing somebody, then you're
no longer riding your program—
you're riding their program. I call
it taking the bait."
Once out front, Wasson en-
joyed clean air the rest of the way
on his Motul/Kenda/Fly Racing-
sponsored 430 RR. He com-
pleted the first loop in an hour,
one minute and six seconds and
stretched his lead on the more
technical 37-mile second loop for
an overall time of 2:21:33.
Fourth off the start put Kamo
in a good position aboard the
Kamo Realty/Kurt Caselli Foun-
dation/Fly Racing 450 XC-F he'd
picked up recently and ridden
only three times since round
three due to dad duty.
"I knew that having a good
start was really important for how
silty it is [in Panaca]," Kamo said.
"I was behind Evan Kelly and I
was like, "Man, I'm riding way
over my head!' I really couldn't
see anything; I was just riding off
his rear fender [and reacting to
that]. Every rock he hit, I hit."
Playing the long game, Kamo
backed off a bit and waited for
(Left) Riding only three times in the more than
five months since the last National, David Kamo's
hands suffered, though he gutted out a second-
place finish and now sits atop the points standings.
(Below) The Muley Run introduced the Hooligan
Open class. Quinn Cody put his street-legal 790
Adventure R Rally on top of the box with Ducati's
Jordan Graham a close runner-up.
