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Cycle News 2021 Issue 23 June 8

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guys on green pulled a gap of up to 25 seconds, though they couldn't completely shake the GasGas riders. Later, Stover inadvertently moved over on Bell just before the scoring chute with both rid- ers going down and Bell got up quicker to retake the lead. "In the daytime it seemed like we were more or less evenly matched," Bell said. "We held the lead for maybe the first half of the daytime then they got into the lead and held it to just before dusk. We were pretty evenly matched and thought, 'Oh man, it's going to be a race come night time!'" As it grew darker, however, the Kawasaki squad appeared to have a slight edge. "Either our [light] setup or just our speed in general was a little better at night," Bell said. "We had a little adjustment period going into the night [por- tion]," Stover admitted. It was not only Redondi's first time racing at night but his first true, American-style endurance race, so he had much to learn. "In Europe there are 10- and 12-hour races, but you have a special test then a transfer [the whole time]," he said. "It's differ- ent than this [style of going hard the whole time]. The first lap in the night, I was a little bit like on the brakes, we can say. "The second time, I was good. I was more or less doing the same lap time as the other guys." Among the issues the Kilmar- tin/3 Bros. team dealt with were a sliced tire and loose chain adjuster/rear axle, though those were handled without incident. "I got on the bike for the last stint just over a lap down and the second lap through I get a pit board, and I couldn't quite read what it said," Stover said. "All I saw was 'Kawi' and it looked like 'blew up' and I wasn't sure. It seemed like wishful thinking. Then I came around for my third lap and all of a sudden, the pit board read 'P-1, drop the ham- mer!'" IN THE WIND P48 Trevor Stewart chases Colton Aeck in the early going. The top two teams exchanged the lead multiple times throughout the 10 hours.

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