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first starting position, he was out
front from the green flag and only
ran into dust when he began lap-
ping people.
"I was actually just trying to
ride smooth," he explained at the
finish along Shea Road. "I didn't
want to make any mistakes on
the first lap and just wanted to
have fun." And, of course, win-
ning is always fun. (Incidentally,
San Diego Powerhouse owner
Bobby Youngs who built Mor-
gan's bike jumped in and raced
Parker with Mike Fermoile, the
two winning Over 30 Expert and
placing 12th overall on Youngs'
CRF450L that Morgan rode at
the Sonora Rally last year.)
He continued, "It's not very
close to my house [in El Cajon,
California] mileage-wise, but it's
almost like a local race, terrain-
wise. I always wanted to do this
race." Morgan completed it in
three hours, 55 minutes and
46.9 seconds, unofficially.
For Newton and partner Jeff
Trulove, last year's BITD vice-
champs, a new job prevented
Trulove from participating so
Newton also pulled solo duty,
handling it well on their DT Rac-
ing/3 Bros./FMF KTM 450
SX-F.
Third off the line after qualify-
ing, Newton had only defending
(Right) Joe
Wasson fought
through the issues
to claim third.
Afterward, he did
his interview with
CBS Sports which
will air a BITD race
recap in a couple
weeks. (Left)
Luke Reynolds
(pictured) and
Dave Broderick
topped the Open
Expert division
and finished fifth
overall.
With partner Jeff Trulove unable to
get time off from his new job, Jeremy
Newton did a good job in claiming
second overall despite a high-speed
crash late in the race.
