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dunes now after my wrist in-
jury [a couple years ago in New
Mexico]. Once we got onto the
[bulk of the] racecourse, there
was so much dust I couldn't
make any passes hardly so I
rode a little slower pace than Ty-
ler. By the time I got into second,
he already had a couple minutes
on me."
Lynn cruised to the finish with
a total time of 2:24:51, Wasson
4:03 later with Roberts third, 55
seconds after his teammate.
Roberts said, "Tyler just left us
in the dunes—he was gone; right
off the bat he was gone! I just
couldn't get a flow going there
on that first loop. It was kind of a
mediocre day [for me], but these
and had a good time."
Lynn's closest pursuer through
the 38-mile first loop was Johnny
Campbell Racing (JCR) Honda's
Preston Campbell, though he
was two minutes and 48 sec-
onds behind Lynn, Campbell and
his Pro Circuit/Kenda/Fly Rac-
ing CRF450X enjoyed a 54-sec-
ond cushion over Wasson in the
early going of the twistier 40-mile
second loop.
However, reported con-
tact later with Wasson left him
without a rear brake and he had
to settle for fourth at the finish.
Referring to the beginning of the
race, Wasson (Kenda/Motul/Fly
Racing Beta 480 RR) admitted.
"I'm a little hesitant in the sand
them guys on the podium. Just
to make it up [on the podium] is
cool and to make history is even
better."
First, though, he had to get
through the traditional Sage Rid-
ers bomb run in the sand dunes
where he trailed eventual Pro
250 winner Clayton Gerstner
and Wasson in the early going
before storming past to take the
lead.
"I got a really good start and
settled in behind Joe for the
first mile or two, then I decided
to use a little of that GP sprint
speed and kind of pushed it for a
few miles and put a little bit of a
gap [on them]," Lynn said. "Then
I put it on cruise and just flowed
Off the start, eventual overall
winner Lynn and eventual Pro
250 winner Clayton Gerstner
duked it out, though they trailed
eventual second-overall Joe
Wasson at this point.
