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Kamo Comes Through B eing on multiple winning Baja 1000 teams paid off for Kamo Realty/PCI Race Radios KTM's David Kamo at the Magic Valley MX Hare Scramble hosted by the Magic Valley MX, in Hager- man, Idaho, May 15-16. The race served as round two of the AMA West Hare Scrambles Regional Championship Series, Presented by MojoMotoSport, and was co-sanctioned by SIDRA Racing. It drew nearly 350 riders for the weekend, a significant increase over the initial running two years ago with 200-plus riders. Though the speeds weren't as fast as Baja, one thing the Magic Valley MX event did feature was plenty of silt, sand and whoops due to the unusually dry condi- tions Idaho has experienced over the winter. For the first three laps of the 17-mile course, it appeared that Beta's Zane Roberts would repeat his runaway triumph in relatively similar conditions at round one. Unfortunately, he experienced a technical issue with his Kenda/ Motul/Klim-backed 480 RR and was unable to complete the race. It was a double whammy for Beta because teammate Cole Conatser fell victim to a similar gremlin while running third on his FMF/Acerbis/Moose 480 RR shortly afterward. Kamo, however, was in familiar territory with the extremely silty dust, trailing only Roberts and maintaining a comfortable margin over Conatser. "The silt that you see in Baja is about the same [as here]," the de- fending series champ explained. "Also, Six Days (the International Six Days Enduro or ISDE) [is very similar]. Portugal [in 2009] and Mexico [in 2010] was just like this with the silt. You just [learn] to look ahead and look at the silt coming up and take better lines." MotoOne KTM/Pro Line Sus- pension/Fly Racing 450 XC-F- mounted Kamo won despite los- ing the course early on, saying, "You just had to put your head down and keep riding, try not to get frustrated about it and just ride my own race." Kamo completed five laps in two hours, 51 minutes and 54 seconds, giving him $775 of the Let's Ride Pro purse. Also making the podium with a second place in his first se- ries appearance, Kenda KTM's Austin Serpa proclaimed himself pleased with his day. Known pri- marily for racing grand prix events on his 250F, he actually grew up racing desert so he was also comfortable in the warm, dusty conditions. Having switched to the Chik Fil-A/Asterisk USA/ Moose Racing 450 XC-F for the series, which he intends to com- plete, he declared, "I was having a blast, to be honest. The dust IN THE WIND P44 Though he ran a solitary second for the first three laps, David Kamo took the West Hare Scrambles win when early leader Zane Roberts suffered a technical issue and DNF'd. PHOTOS: MARK KARIYA