champs Hayden Hintz/Trevor Hunter and Mor-
gan ahead of him. However, the Hintz/Hunter
duo miscalculated the fuel mileage from their
Costa Rica Unlimited/1-800-DENT-DOC/Kenda
KTM 450 SX-F and ran out around mile 65.
Newton gladly took over second place at that
point and pinned it as he tried to close the gap
on Morgan while enjoying the revised course.
"Even me, living here—I've raced this 13, 14
times—that was like a whole new course for
me," he said. "I have absolutely no complaints
[except] I wish I wouldn't have crashed. I was 10
seconds behind Justin for the overall; he started
two minutes ahead [of me] so I knew I just
needed to ride smooth and [not crash]."
But overshooting one turn resulted in a
back-jarring crash about halfway through lap
two, causing him to accept finishing second in
3:57:54.5.
For LiquiMoly Beta's Wasson, the day was
somewhat frustrating after misadjusting the
suspension on his FMF/Kenda/Fly Racing 480
RR. "I went the wrong way with it and it just kind
of beat me up today. I struggled most of the day
in the chop and rough stuff so it was kind of frus-
trating," he admitted after finishing in 4:06:01.6.
"You live, you learn."
The Skaggs Racing duo of Jarett Megla and
Cory Skaggs did well in their first big outing
aboard their new TAS Insurance/JCR Speed
Shop/Fast House Honda CRF450X, finishing
fourth overall in 4:14:34.5.
About six minutes behind was the first Expert
team—Open Expert winners David Broderick and
Luke Reynolds on their Desert Ready Mix/AEO
Powersports/Flo Motorsports Husqvarna FX
450 in 4:20:49.3.
Team 51Fifty Honda-mounted Jarrett Curley
got his Ironman Pro title defense off to a great
start, winning the class and finishing sixth overall
ahead of class runner-up Zach Myers on his My-
ers Family Racing KTM.
Hintz/Hunter lost about 30 minutes due to
their unplanned gas stop and finished eighth
overall, fifth Open Pro, followed by Open Expert
runners-up Travis Dillon/Robert Glines/Jeffrey
Row. Over 30 Pro winner Chris Brown/Jesse
Canepa rounded out the top 10 overall, unof-
ficially.
Mark Kariya
PARKER 250 OVERALL
1. Justin Morgan (Hon)
2. Jeremy Newton (KTM)
3. Joe Wasson (Bet)
4. Cory Skaggs/Jarett Megla (Hus)
5. David Broderick/Luke Reynolds (Hus)
IN
THE
WIND
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Yes, Team Mom's
Kimberly Loppnow
(pictured) and Krista
Conway were the only
Women Expert team
and won the class
by default, but they
finished 14th overall
and fifth Experts.
