was horrific, but the track was still
fun."
Serpa also took a wrong turn,
dropping back to about fifth or
sixth, though he rebounded
nicely, passing Conatser on the
third lap before running out of
fuel going up one of the hills.
Even that turned out well for him,
though, as another competitor
who'd apparently fried his clutch
was sitting at the top, out of the
race, and transferred fuel from
his stricken bike to Serpa's via an
empty water bottle.
"I'm pretty happy with a second
place after all that," he said after
finishing in 2:58:00.
Third on the day at 3:02:20
and now the new points leader
when combined with his sixth
at round one, Watachi Racing
KTM's Chase Larson certainly
turned his day around after a
last-place start and a few crashes
early on. Asked how he made so
many passes, the Fun Country/
PDR Suspension Technolo-
gies/Fly Racing 450 XC-F rider
quipped, "I guessed where the
track was and went for it."
Fun Country KTM's Blake
Best claimed fourth in 3:04:47,
one minute ahead of 3 Bros./
Kilmartin Racing KTM's Shane
Logan, the Pro 250 winner for the
second consecutive round which
earned him $500 of the Canyon
Excavation-class purse.
After getting the holeshot, the
Blud Racing/Modified Machine
Works/FXR 250 XC-mounted
rider admitted he learned a lot at
round one, which helped him at
Magic Valley MX: "You've got to
have some sort of strategy for this
stuff. You've got to make yourself
last for the full race; it's three
hours almost and I've never done
anything over two hours [in the
GP-style races I normally do]."
Making the bike last is also
paramount, and to that end,
Logan shared that he stopped on
the course at one point to remove
the Filter Skin and knock some
of the accumulated debris off his
air filter.
One11Concepts Kawasaki's
Brody Honea took sixth followed
by Let's Ride GasGas-mounted
Tayson Weeks (the Pro 250
runner-up), Racer Decal Ka-
wasaki's Kyle Kerling (third Pro
250), Big Valley Honda KTM rider
Reece Honea (the Open A winner
and first A overall) and Buchanan
Trucking/Chidester Transport
Racing Yamaha's Mason Matthies
(fourth Pro 250 after leaving the
start last).
In Pro Women on Sunday
morning, FMF/Maxxis/RPM
Racing KTM's Kaitlyn Jacobs
dominated the field in her return
to the series for $425 of the
class' Canyon Excavation purse
followed by Beta-supported Lexy
Baker (the Women A winner) and
Pro Woman Alyson Tonsgard on
her Carl's Cycle Sales KTM.
Round three in two weeks
heads to a new venue for the
series in Jacksonville, Oregon.
Mark Kariya
OVERALL
1. David Kamo (KTM)
2. Austin Serpa (KTM)
3. Chase Larson (KTM
4. Blake Best (KTM)
5. Shane Logan (KTM)
6. Brody Honea (Kaw)
7. Tayson Weeks (GG)
8. Kyle Kerling (Kaw)
9. Reece Honea (Hon)
10. Mason Matthies (Yam)
IN
THE
WIND
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It wasn't all silt and
whoops at Magic
Valley. A couple water
crossings (over pallets)
provided some variety,
enjoyed here by Pro 250
winner Shane Logan.
