finish], and I looked back and I
saw Tyler, and I'm like, 'Dang—
I'm in the lead right now!' and I
just pinned it the last 10 miles."
Shirey completed the race in
two hours, 21 minutes and 45
seconds.
Lynn and his Team Green/
Dunlop/Leatt-backed KX450X
led Shirey by 12 seconds at
the end of the first loop, but a
missed turn in the final miles
cost him the lead, and he
claimed the runner-up spot 19
seconds back with LiquiMoly
Beta's Zane Roberts recovering
from an early crash in the sand
dunes off the start to round out
the podium, six minutes and 25
seconds back.
"It was a solid ride by Dalton—
he kept me honest all day and
just waited for a mistake and he
got me," Lynn said. "The first two
miles, once we got out of the
dunes, definitely I could tell my
[hare and hound] skills weren't
as sharp." But as the miles rolled
by, he began to feel the flow
again and was satisfied with his
performance.
For Roberts and his IMS/
TwinAir/Klim 480 RR, his crash
off the start dictated his race.
"It wasn't a bad crash or any
-
thing—it just shuffled me back,
then I had to come through
maybe 10 guys or something to
get back up to third. Tyler and
Dalton were gone by that point
and I just kind of rode around in
no man's land all day." He was a
further 6:25 back.
Johnny Campbell Racing
(JCR) Honda's Preston Campbell
also enjoyed an excellent start
and finished just off the podium
in fourth aboard his Pro Circuit/
Pirelli/Fly Racing CRF450X in
2:32:38, though 3 Bros./FMF/
Acerbis KTM 450 XC-F rider
Carter Klein kept him honest all
afternoon and was just 14 sec
-
onds behind at the finish.
Like Shirey, SW Roberts Con-
struction GasGas rider Clayton
Roberts extended his Pro 250
win streak to three in a row—
four, counting last year—after
enjoying his best start to date
on his 3 Bros./Blud Lubricants/
Fasthouse EX 250.
"This race last year, unfor
-
tunately, I threw it away in the
dunes, but this year was a differ-
ent story for me," he said. "I got
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Clayton Roberts
parlayed a good start
into the Pro 250 win at
Little Sahara, keeping
his series season
record perfect. Utah's
McQuin Hair and Robby
Schott rounded out the
Pro 250 podium.
