room, hounding him throughout
the race for second. But the
Beta rider had to settle for third
in the moto and runner-up in
Open Pro.
"The second moto went really
good," said DeMartile. "Got a
really good jump out of the gate,
was about fourth on the first
lap, made some moves, got into
the third position behind Josh
Mosiman. Trevor Stewart and
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could race JG's bike, the team
agreed and quickly scrambled to
prepare Grant's mangled Ya-
maha. "We went to town repair-
ing cases with JB Weld and bars,
pipes (left the bent subframe)
and Wageman was able to roll
one lap of practice," the post
read. Considering the horrible
start to their day, the Twisted
Development Racing team saw
a sharp turnaround with each of
their riders taking a moto win and
getting on the overall podium.
"I got off to a great start both
motos," said Wageman. "The
first one I led start to finish. The
second one, Trevor Stewart was
riding really good and he got
around me. It was pretty much
single file behind him with Dare
DeMartile behind me for the rest
of the race. All in all, it was a
great day."
Beta USA's Dare DeMartile
collected second overall with his
2-3 tally. DeMartile didn't have
much more prep-time on his
Beta 300 RR than Wageman had
on Josh Grant's Yamaha, only
spending a few days on it before
heading to the 2-Stroke MX
World Championship.
"It was my first-ever race and
fourth time ever riding the Beta
300 RR. So it was for sure
a learning experience," said
DeMartile. "I've been learning
the motorcycle since I got it last
week and I'm very impressed
with it. I think it's a great bike."
While Stewart ran ahead in the
second moto, DeMartile didn't
give Wageman much breathing
Sean Collier (207)
competed in the Open
2-Stroke Pro race but
found success in the
Pasha 30+ 125cc Pro
class after trading moto
wins with Jeff Alessi.
Kurt Nicoll (2) won both
Pasha 50+ 125cc Pro motos.
PHOTO: JEAN TURNER