deck and ultimately ending their
day early.
As the early miles clicked off,
the N7 Cooper Motorsports Gas-
Gas trio of Roberts, Shane Logan
and Danny Cooper built a siz-
able gap from pit to pit. Sitting
comfortably in second, the N1
duo of Hayden Hintz and Hunter,
piloting the Dirt Bike Test/
Prairie Dogs MC/1-800-Dent-
Doc backed Honda CRF450X,
struggled with a clogged air filter
and brake issues, losing valuable
time to the leaders in the faster
sections of the race course as
their bike went down on power.
Around the halfway point, the
N1 team performed a lengthy
maintenance pitstop to change
the rear wheel and fix their plagu-
ing air filter/brake problems.
Once back on the road, the gap to
first grew to its max at nearly 10
minutes. However, in the closing
200 miles, the momentum start
-
ed to switch as the N1 Honda
team found momentum late and
started pulling back time on the
distant leaders out front. At each
pit, the time gap shrank, and the
race livened up as it closed in on
the final miles of the race.
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Hunter (left) and
teammate Hayden Hintz
celebrate the V2R win.
The Danny Cooper/
Clayton Roberts/Shane
Logan trio came close to
winning but had to settle
for second place.
