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a rookie move and took off too
soon with the dump can still in.
I spilled fuel all over myself and
then it flooded out the bike. So,
that threw my race away."
Rough conditions, along with
the warm temperatures, defi-
nitely took their toll on Walton,
though it wasn't obvious, as the
Nevada rider scored his second
podium of the season.
In Sunday's race, Robert was
focused on redemption. Oliveira
took the holeshot again, but Rob-
ert rode an aggressive first lap
making up two slots to take the
lead. From there, he ran his own
pace to score his fourth victory of
the season. Walton was second,
followed by Dante Oliveira.
"I had to be pretty aggressive
and made some passes on the
first lap," said Robert. "I got out
front and I was able to control
the race from there. Austin and
Dante were riding really well,
and they kept me honest."
Walton's comfort level was
much better in Sunday's race
and it showed. After taking sec-
ond from Oliveira early, he made
several charges at Robert and
held on to second. His third po-
dium of the season moves him to
within six points of Oliveira, who
sits second in the championship.
Dante Oliveira couldn't repeat
on Sunday. After several crash-
es, he held on to finish third. "I
just made too many mistakes to-
day," he said. "I went down once
in the rocks and again in the
pits. You can't do that with these
guys because they are on it."
In Pro 2, points leader Mateo
Oliveira swept the weekend, win-
ning his fourth and fifth consecu-
tive races. Tallon Lafountaine
and Carlen Gardner completed
the podium on Saturday, while
Colton Aeck and Mason Otters-
berg finished second and third,
respectively, on Sunday.
The heat was on for Lafoun-
taine who was charging hard at
the end of Saturday's feature
race, despite being in significant
pain from cramps and from the
rough conditions. He soldiered
through, though, and after
making a charge for the lead he
settled for second, earning his
second consecutive podium.
Gardner was filling in on the
Beta and he looked like he was
old hand at this type of racing,
Championship
leader Taylor
Robert bounced
back from a
second on
Saturday to win
Sunday's race.
