"Overall, I'm happy with it. I felt
like I was in the race for the win."
Serpa sat in third about a
minute and a half behind Rob-
erts for most of the first two
20-mile laps before yielding to
Redondi. "I think I could've been
a little closer to Redondi and
challenged him for the podium,"
Carson City Motorsports/Regu-
lus Performance/Moose Racing
KTM 450 XC-F rider Serpa said.
"But I had three crashes on the
first lap, and I had one more on
the second-to-last lap."
Originally scheduled to run the
WORCS series, Redondi broke
two ribs at the opener there and
DNFed. Facing an uphill points
battle there, GasGas decided to
have him switch to the WHS (in
addition to the FMF AMA Na-
tional Grand Prix Championship
Series) and told him Thursday
morning to head to the Diamond
Back.
He gladly headed north with
his FMF/Blud Lubricants/Seven
MC 450F, knowing almost noth-
ing about hare scrambles racing
but seeing it as a good step to an
eventual rally career.
Sixth after the opening lap,
Redondi charged into third place
on the next circuit and said, "It
was a very, very fast race—we did
over 100 miles in three hours. I
think I did a good race besides
the first lap. [After that], my lap
times were very close to Taylor
and [Zane]. I'm really happy and
looking forward to some new
racing."
Gerstner finished fifth in his
WHS debut aboard Maxima Oils/
Kenda/Pure Adrenaline YZ450F
followed by MojoMotoSport
KTM's Anson Maloney.
Defending Pro 250cc champ
Shane Logan kicked off his
season by coming from behind to
win the class on basically a self-
supported 3 Bros. KTM. Sick
with strep throat in the weeks
before, he decided at the last
minute to make the long drive,
though it paid off as he was only
a few seconds behind Maloney
and 1:36 ahead of class runner-
up Mason Ottersberg of the DC
Yamaha squad. 707 Suspension
Gas Gas rider Talan Terlouw
claimed third Pro 250 and ninth
overall with MojoMotoSport
KTM-mounted Anthony Ferrante
rounding out the top 10 overall
and earning fourth Pro 250.
In the morning race, 3 Bros./
Kilmartin Racing Gas Gas rider
Ava Silvestri took hop honors
overall and in Pro Women. FMF/
RPM Racing KTM's Kaitlyn
Jacobs had a rocky start in de-
fending her class championship,
going down hard out of the first
turn but making a remarkable
recovery to second in class and
overall with Full Factory Racing
KTM rider Rachel Stout third.
Mark Kariya
OVERALL PRO
1. Taylor Robert (KTM)
2. Zane Roberts (Bet)
3. Giacomo Redondi (GG)
4. Austin Serpa (KTM)
5. Clayton Gerstner (Yam)
6. Anson Maloney (KTM)
7. Shane Logan (KTM)
8. Mason Ottersberg (Yam)
9. Talan Terlouw (GG)
10. Anthony Ferrante (KTM)
IN
THE
WIND
P46
Defending Big Wheel
champ Jordan Maas
kicked off his title
defense with the win,
grabbing the lead on
the second lap and
holding it to the finish
over early leader Jesse
Miller and new class
entry Lowe Lord.
