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VOLUME 59 ISSUE 14 APRIL 5, 2022 P29 it was very technical." Montoya, Stavron, Tichenor and Zarate were on another level in the 30-Pro class. It almost seemed that they were the over- all winners until a penalty took that away from them. "The SCORE San Felipe 250 gets more difficult every year," said Montoya. "It was a very technical course and there were a lot of hidden rocks. We did a great job in pre-running and felt really comfortable on the race today." The 4X bike, a Husqvarna FE 501, piloted by Jason Alosi, Wy- att Brittner and Ray Dal Soglio, had a pretty much uneventful day but had a close battle with Derek Ausserbauer, finishing only a minute ahead of the solo pro racer in third overall, second Pro Moto Unlimited. "We were physically second when I got on the bike," Alosi said, "but I had a few struggles on my section and a couple of crashes and lost some positions, but it is what it is. The course was challenging. Ray dealt with low light and a lot of rocks and that kept him on his toes. I had a section too where there were quite a few rocks and I had to ride cautiously." Ausserbauer, aboard a Honda CRF450X, made a last-minute effort to race the San Felipe 250 and also try to retain his cham- pionship. He opted to race the grueling San Felipe course by himself for the fourth time in his career. Last year, he won the race, and it appeared that he was going to do it again. By mile 75, he had put himself into the lead on time, but he later missed his second gas stop and had to nurse the following 75 miles to the next gas. He lost three posi- tions in the process but on time was only a minute down from the lead motorcycle. About 200 miles into the race, he said he realized that maybe he needed a partner after "bonking" but salvaged a third-place Unlimited- class finish in fourth overall. "I like to think this course was extra rough, but this place is just super gnarly," Ausserbauer said. "If someone was wondering what the whoops felt like to me, I'd compare it to doing box jumps barefoot on concrete and just stomping as hard as you could every time. That's my most accu- rate sensation about how I felt for the last two and a half hours." Fernando Beltran and team- mates Larry Serna, Luis Flores, Mauri Herrera and Fernando Ta- verez (Honda CRF450X) topped the Pro Moto Limited class (fifth overall) with approximately 40 minutes to spare over the next- best team (Christopher Gil and Kevin Murphy). Ryan Liebelt dominated the Open 40 Pro class. Their team was made up of Ryan Liebelt, Justin Shultz and Jason Truby. They had a flawless race that saw them win by over 35 minutes. Brandon Wright (Husqvarna FE 501) won the Pro Moto Iron- man division. "It was really rough the whole way," Wright said. "I did pretty well for most of the time and was just trying to decide what pace to keep, as I wasn't sure where my competition was. I was just trying to stay comfort- able, and everything was going well until about 15 miles to the finish when the whoops finally hit me. I thought I was done; I was just on survival mode at that point." Aaron Richardson (KTM 500 EXC), second in class, said, "It was great. The race had a lot of speed and a lot of roughness as usual. I had a little crash at about race mile 210 that tweaked up the bike a little bit but I'm fine." Vance Kennedy, Dennis Belingheri and Dave Mayer rode a Husqvarna FX 450 to the Pro Moto 50-class win, while Scott McIntosh, Mike Whit- man and Harry Harris piloted a Honda CRF450X to the Pro Moto 60-class victory. David Navarro, Manuel Go- mez, Ely Ramirez and Gustavo Grijalva topped the Sportsman class on a Yamaha YZ250FX. They had a 10-minute lead over the Filiberto Garcia, Cody Vascakkatchmar, Shawn Oakley, Edwin Rosin and Mauricio Patron team (Honda CRF450X). Nic Garvin OVERALL 1. Juan Carlos Salvatierra (KTM) 2. Jano Montoya (KTM) 3. Jason Alosi (Hus) 4. Derek Ausserbauer (Hon) 5. Fernando Beltran (Hon)