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WIND IN THE P58 little bit and get a drink of water. It went smooth from there [but] I had a couple small tip-overs. The brake has a little zip tie here from a crash or something and it kept pulling my brake lever so I kind of wheelied off a couple G-outs and my front end tucked and tossed me over the bars pretty good a couple of times. But I got back up and it was pretty good. This is awesome. Ciaran got us in a good spot this morning and we just decided to go for a trail ride and click off the miles." The second overall team was the Pro Moto Limited (less than 450cc) winning five-rider squad of Fernando Beltran, Larry Serna, Luis Flores, Mauri Herrera and Di - lan Avalos. The Honda CRF450X- mounted team finished just one minute and 36 seconds behind the winning Husqvarna. Avalos said, "I got on until Bor - rego and everything was going well. Mauri gave the bike over to me in third place and then we slowly started to gain positions. When I got to Borrego, we were in second [overall]. Mauri got back on the bike in Borrego and at the Mini Summit, he passed the first position Pro Unlimited. My part - ners, Luis Flores and Larry Serna, did a good job down here at the Matomi and those places. It feels really good, because there was a lot of competition and the course was really difficult, but we did it." There were 17 solo racers who competed in the Ironman class and the winner by nearly half an hour was Argentina's Juan Zunino, who also placed an amazing third overall motorcycle. He rode a Honda CRF450X and completed the race in 6:19.32, roughly nine minutes off the win - ning time of Naran and Tucker. "The race went really well," Zunino said. "It was difficult, a lot more difficult than I thought it would be. A lot of whoops and rocks everywhere. I was able to get in a rhythm that I liked, and I was able to push forward so I'm really happy. I tried to stay steady and not commit any er - rors or have any falls. I tried to maintain the rhythm and concen- tration. It's my first-time doing Ironman. Even though it's only 250 miles, the race is long. We didn't stop to rest anywhere, just to fuel up and hydrate." Tanner Janesky of Middle - bury, Connecticut, took second (eighth overall) on a KTM 450 XCF-W, while Brandon Wright, of Oak Hills, California, rounded out the Ironman podium aboard a Husqvarna FE 501. Another impressive perfor - mance was turned in by Califor- nian Derek Ausserbauer. Riding solo in the Pro Unlimited class, the Honda CRF450X rider took fourth overall and second in class. He finished just under 11 minutes behind Naran and Tucker. The Eric Holt team (Taylor Stevens, Hayden Roberts and Zach Meyers) carded fifth overall, third Pro Moto Unlimited on a Husqvarna FC 450. CN OVERALL (Rider of Record) 1. Ciaran Naran (Hus) Pro Moto Unlimited 2. Fernando Beltran (Hon) Pro Moto Limited 3. Juan Zunino (Hon) Pro Moto Ironman 4. Derek Ausserbauer (Hon) Pro Moto Unlimited 5. Eric Holt (Hus) Pro Moto Unlimited 6. Ely Ramirez (Yam) Pro Moto Limited 7. Jano Montoya (KTM) Pro Moto 30 8. Tanner Janesky (KTM) Pro Moto Ironman 9. Erick Ramirez Jr. (Hon) Pro Moto Limited 10. Justin Carnes (Hon) Pro Moto Unlimited The Jano Montoya team came out on top in Pro Moto 30.