Surratt Strikes Back At Glen Helen NGPC
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ohnny Campbell Racing (JCR)
Honda's Ryan Surratt made
amends for his disappointing
sixth-place finish at round three
by dominating round four of the
FMF AMA National Grand Prix
Championship (NGPC) Series,
the always popular Prairie Dogs
Motorcycle Club's Glen Helen
Grand Prix.
Surratt's wire-to-wire triumph
helped him claw back a few
points though he's still second
behind the day's runner-up, FMF
KTM Factory Off-road Racing
Team's Dante Oliveira, 106-100.
(Oliveira has podiumed at every
round to date this season.) Third
on the day went to Chaparral
Motorsports/Precision Concepts
Kawasaki star Zach Bell, his first
podium since winning this race
in 2021 as he continues to re
-
cover from his 2022 wrist injury.
"I got a good start and [just]
rode the first half and right after
halfway I started dropping those
guys pretty good," Pirelli/Pro
Circuit/Fly Racing CRF450RX-
mounted Surratt said. "At that
point, I kind of settled down a
little bit and just tried to ride
smooth and consistent laps. I
could kind of see them here and
there—bits and pieces on the
track—but they just seemed so
far back. It was just take it into
the finish at that point because I
figured out I had such a big lead,
I just rode it in. I didn't expect
that big of a lead, but I expected
to come here and win, for sure."
For Oliviera, the winner last
year and reigning three-time
series champ, the start seemed
to be the difference today. "I
thought I got a killer jump out of
the gate but then just got pulled
on the start and came around
that first turn in, like, fifth, sixth
place. Drag racing up that first
WIND
IN THE
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Ryan Surratt (77) took the
lead which he stretched out
for the entire 90 minutes.
Former series champ Zach
Bell (100) earned third—his
first podium in two years.
