dropping a further three points
behind Dante, the standings
now 180-163. Rockstar Energy
Husqvarna's Austin Walton split
them with his fifth-place finish
and holds third in points at 143.
"This was good; I felt really
good," Hymas exclaimed. "I'm
going to race the Combine at
Ironman next weekend, so this
was a good confidence-booster
for me."
Anyone who thought the moto-
crosser wouldn't last 90 minutes
was proven wrong as Hymas set
an unmatchable pace, though
there were some slight weak
spots in his game.
"Honestly, my goal was to
sprint the whole time. My first
lap, I wasn't riding great—I was
trying to push," he admitted.
"I'm a moto guy so I like ruts. I'd
get out to the hard-packed [flat
turns], and I couldn't figure out
how to turn, so those guys got
up on me. I was making a lot of
mistakes, but I got back to the
moto track, and I knew I could
make a gap there, then the corn
[field section] started rutting up,
so I started not losing as much
time as before."
At first, Lynn stayed in strik-
ing distance aboard his Dunlop/
Maxima/Leatt KX450X, though
he yielded to Demartile on the
third lap and stayed there for
the remainder. Still, Lynn was
pleased with his best NGPC
finish to date, saying, "It's excit-
ing! I just got off to a good start.
Starts, I've struggled with all this
year, and I've been working on it.
I put in a good first lap then kind
of got a little pumped up after
that, but I was able to put on a
good charge the second half."
For Demartile, the Dynamite
GP marked one year since his
first NGPC and reinforced his
affinity for the venue's mix of MX,
flat alfalfa fields and cornfields.
While his bike suffered a
technical failure when running in
third last year, he put that behind
him this weekend, relying on the
work he and Beta did during the
summer break.
"I did some moto racing and
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Though he trailed Pro II points
leader Mateo Oliveira (831) for
much of the first hour, a technical
issue resulted in a DNF for Oliveira
with Kai Aiello (31) snapping up
the win—his first. Both now head to
France for the ISDE next week.
