money. It was fun to battle with
him."
Roberts explained that some
suspension clicker changes, as
well as slightly lower gearing
on his FMF/Pirelli/Klim 480 RR,
made a big difference in com
-
fort, which translated into his
newfound woods pace.
"At [the previous round], I
realized I have enough speed,"
Roberts said. "I just needed to re
-
lax while I was up there, so I was
just trying to sit on Dante and
relax, got into the lead after the
pit, led for a lap, tucked the front
on some icy stuff, kind of got
close back onto his wheel then
just lost her there on the last lap
and had a crash, but overall, a
good race."
After Roberts went down,
Oliveira pulled away to win in two
hours, 41 minutes and 36 sec
-
onds, 1:10 quicker than Roberts.
Smail didn't get the best of
starts and found himself with
quite a bit of ground to make up
on Vore, but he and his Precision
Concepts/Kenda/FXR Sherco
250 SEF charged to erase the
gap and take not only the Pro
250 victory but claim third overall
on time with his 2:46:49. It was
his second win of the season, his
first being the opener.
Defending WHS champ Giaco
-
mo Redondi faced long odds with
keeping his number-one plate;
the task made doubly difficult for
the 3 Bros./Hatch Racing Gas
-
Gas rider knowing that his friend
Kade Tinkler-Walker was in the
hospital following a bad crash in
the Baja 1000 a few days before.
Distracted and distraught, he
ended the day third Pro/AA and
fourth overall aboard his FMF/
Acerbis/Seven-backed EX 450F.
That sewed up second in points
behind Oliveira, 201-169.
Vore and his JMC Motors
-
ports/Enduro Engineering/Fast-
house GasGas EC 250 slipped
back from his good start to third
in class at one point: "Layton
was in first, and Jaden [Dahners]
was between us, which would've
given Layton the championship.
So, I said, 'I've got to do some
-
thing here!' I got a second wind
the last two laps and made the
pass I needed."
WIND
IN THE
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Tyler Vore finished second Pro
250 behind Layton Smail. That was
enough to clinch the class title by
three points over Smail.
