Campbell Rules Ridgecrest
ISDE West Qualifier
I
f there's one place Preston
Campbell feels comfortable, it's
the desert.
But the Johnny Campbell Rac-
ing (JCR) Honda rider's latest
race wasn't his usual hare and
hound fare. Instead, he lined up
at the Wagon Wheel Off-Highway
Vehicle Area for the opening
round of the AMA West ISDE
Qualifier Series.
Held over two days, the event
also served as the opening two
rounds of the SRT AMA District
37 Sprint Enduro Series: the
Prospectors Motorcycle Club's
59th Annual Gold Rush Sprint
Enduro on Saturday and the
Desert Motorcycle Club's (DMC)
2nd Annual Spring Classic Sprint
Enduro on Sunday.
At the end of the weekend,
Letter of Intent (LOI) E2 rider
Campbell came out on top both
days aboard his J.L. Ray/Pro
Circuit/Fly Racing CRF450X
with Pearson Farms/DT Racing
GasGas-mounted Axel Pearson
second and FMF/Maxxis/RPM
Racing KTM's Mateo Oliveira
third both days and overall.
The clubs laid out three special
tests that the AA and Expert rid-
ers completed twice each day.
Pearson started quickest on his
Oakley/FMF/IMS-backed EX
450F and posted the quickest
times in the first two tests of the
weekend, though Campbell was
just two seconds back.
Pearson, however, dropped
significant time in the third test
which let Campbell grab the lead.
Though Pearson topped tests A
and B the second time around,
he lost 45 seconds to Campbell
in test C on the final lap giving
Campbell the day's best score of
IN
THE
WIND
P48
The E1 winner at the
opening round two years
ago, Preston Campbell
returned with more speed
and experience to take
E2 in rounds one and two,
giving him the overall for
the weekend as well.
