"Then I regroup and say, 'Keep
calm; we have three hours of rac-
ing so don't go too crazy!'" he said.
Redondi worked his way back
into second and inched closer to
Oliveira as the race wound down,
but found himself in the bushes
once more near the end when
working past lappers.
"[After that], I was fine again
with second place, but I think
we had a good pace, finishing
less than 30 seconds between
me and Dante after almost
three hours, so I'm really happy
and looking forward to the next
round."
For Roberts, the Desperado
was something of a rerun of
round one where he had to come
from behind to eventually finish
third on his FMF/Pirelli/Klim-
sponsored 480 RR.
"I miss the days when I'd
come to a hare scramble and
it was fairly easy to win one of
them," Roberts said. "We've got
good competition out here. I was
making a joke last night there
are more factory guys finishing
races here than a Supercross
right now!
"The competition's gnarly and
those guys just have a good
pace in the beginning, which
is something I struggle with.
I struggle to find the balance
between pushing it and I'll go
down in the beginning—that's
been my problem a lot this year,
going down on the first lap. Re
-
ally, maybe rode just a little too
conservative there in the begin-
ning. I don't know—in the second
half, for some reason I always
come alive and can start bring-
ing those guys back a little bit."
Roberts ended up 46 seconds
behind Redondi for his second
podium of the season. He was
just four seconds ahead of
teammate Wasson, whom he'd
stopped to check on when Was
-
son went down hard on the last
lap while pushing to claim his
first podium. Roberts, himself,
survived a late crash that put
him into a barbed-wire fence
(luckily, with minimal damage).
Fourth on the opening lap,
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna's
Austin Walton found himself un
-
able to keep the leaders in sight
and finished a lonely fifth aboard
his Motorex/Rekluse/Fly Racing
FX 450.
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Tyler Vore claimed his very first Pro
win, topping the 250cc class.
