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kept him honest and I finally put enough pressure on him that he started to make some mistakes. The race was incredibly physical- ly demanding, and it was getting to both of us. I made a couple of attempts and I finally made it stick with four laps to go." Oliveira admitted he went too hard out of the gate. "I rode hard trying to break away from Taylor, but he stuck with me and he ended up capitalizing on that," said Oliveira. "I got a little tired and was gassed from charging on the first lap." Stewart scored his first podium since 2017. Knowing he wasn't in the championship picture, Stew- ard changed his strategy for this race and just went out to enjoy himself. It worked out. After start- ing dead last, he methodically made his way through the field to grab the final spot on the box. In Sunday's Pro race, Austin Walton used frustration and grit to earn his first-ever Pro victory. Walton crashed hard on Satur- day, riding his severely damaged Husqvarna to a ninth-place finish. He turned his frustration into determination. After snagging the holeshot and leading the first half of the race, he pitted along with Robert, who was running second. The pair exited the pits together and Walton pushed Rob- ert into a haybale. He held him off from there. Robert finished second, followed by Oliveira. Robert had trouble getting his bike to fire at the start and came out of the gate last. He charged his way through the field, pass- ing Oliveira and then setting his sights on Walton. Though his pit stop was just slightly faster than Walton's, they were side by side out of the pits and Walton took advantage of the outside position pinching Robert to the inside. Robert charged back but a hard crash trying to catch Walton slowed his pace. "He pushed me into the haybale on the inside and I got high centered; no problem. Like they say rubbing is racing," said Robert. "I stayed right with him, but I got stuck in the dust behind him and then I crashed really hard. That took the wind out of my sails, so, I decided to focus on having a safe race." Oliveira changed his strategy from Saturday and chose to run a more conservative pace in the early stages of the race. Though he stayed with the leaders the en- tire race, he didn't have the push to make it out of third. "I tried to play it different today," explained Oliveira. "I tried to put down smooth and consis- tent laps, but I couldn't hold the pace that Austin and Taylor were running." The race marked the return of 2018 Pro champion Giacomo Redondi. The Italian racer was making his first race starts since sustaining severe injuries, including two broken legs, in a crash during training at the end of the January. He finished eighth and ninth, re- spectively, despite only being back on the bike for a few days. In Saturday's Pro 2 race, Mateo Oliveira (KTM) started second behind Tallon Lafountaine IN THE WIND P70 Austin Walton captured his first career Pro WORCS win on Sunday.