VOLUME ISSUE MARCH , P41
Mikayla Nielsen backed
up her first career Pro
Women triumph at Blythe
with another dominant
performance at Glen Helen.
hill, I got a couple passes; I just
ate a bunch of roost, blew apart
my goggles and these guys sent
it the first lap super-hard. Ryan
had a 20-second lead the first
lap and I was just trying to catch
him the rest of the race after
that."
Oliveira and his Red Bull/
Motorex/Thor-backed 450 XC-F
finally moved into second about
an hour into the 90-minute,
$8000 feature race and found
himself unable to match Sur
-
ratt's pace around the much-
changed Prairie Dogs course
that drew universal praise owing
to both creative layout and opti
-
mum conditions.
Bell, on the other hand, started
strongly aboard his Rekluse/
Dunlop/Leatt KX450X, running
second early before dropping
to fourth when Oliveira and
Purvines Racing Yamaha rider
Justin Hoeft passed him.
Unfortunately for Hoeft, a big
crash about an hour in dropped
him down the standings and
handed third place to Bell,
Now a full-fledged SLR
Honda team member,
Kade Tinkler-Walker
repaid the team's faith
by snatching his third-
straight Pro II victory.
