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Robert. "He kept pressuring me
and I tucked the front. So, he got
by me and that was pretty much
it. I rode great after the halfway
point, and thought I had it, but I
had too many mistakes."
Walton got a decent start and
stayed in third for most of the
race. He had the speed to run up
front but said he had issues with
visibility in the dust.
"I think I had the speed over
Dante, but I couldn't make a pass
stick," said Walton. "I'll take this
race to learn, so I won't have that
problem the next time. I felt good
out there and rode well."
Martinez battled Robert early in
the race and ended up following
the veteran racer to the front pack,
but in the end, Martinez fell short
of where he wanted to finish, as
he was looking for the win.
"I made a push on Taylor and
then he picked it up," said Marti-
nez. "We battled our way all the
way to the front. It was a good
fight on a tough track."
In Pro 250, Hymas took the
lead in the second corner on
the first lap and wasn't headed
from there en route to winning his
second race of the season on his
Kawasaki.
"I got myself a pretty good gap,
I won by a whole bunch, and it felt
good," said Hymas. "I live about
an hour from here so this is like my
home track. I loved the course set-
up. It had a little bit of everything."
Angus Riordan (KTM) was sec-
ond ahead of Colton Aeck (KTM).
Points leader Mateo Oliveira
reportedly started feeling ill on
lap eight; he would soldier on to
finish 15th.
Riordan was gaining ground
on Hymas throughout the race
and nearly caught him when he
experienced a mechanical. Hav-
ing to stop for fuel, he recovered
to finish second, marking his best
finish of the season.
"I made it up into third on the
second lap," said Riordan. "I was
chasing down Chance and I was
slowly bringing it in, but I lost my
fuel breather and fuel was spilling
all over me."
Veteran racer Aeck said he
was astounded by the speed of
Hymas and Riordan. He took
third on the second lap and
Chance Hymas went
wire-to-wire to win the
250 Pro class.
