te r wrapping up the West
Coast I25cc title the previ ous week in Dallas, Ivan
Tedesco had no plans of tak. g it easy or giving his competition a break at the final round ih Salt
Lake City. Instead, Tedesco only seemed
to ride even faster, as the Pro
Circuit/Kawasaki/Chevy Trucks team
rider rode off with a seemingly easy-looking win in front of over 36.000 spectators
at the open-air Rice-Eccles Stadium.
"I'm definitely tidillg to win, but with a
lOt 1= stress than last week; "l'edesco said.
And what made Tedesco's win even
sweeter for Pro Circuit team owner
Mitch Payton was the fact that his two
riders finished 1-2. Stephane Roncada put
in one of his best rides of the year, finishing the hight on the podium in second.
Filling out the last step on the podium
in third was Boost Mobile/Yamaha of
Troy's Broc Sellards. It was his first podium appearance of the year.
With torrential rains delaying the track
maintenance crew and forcing officials to
cancel practice on Friday, riders tried to
pack enough practice time into Saturday's
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