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with Derek Ausserbauer, Nick Lapaglia, Forrest Minchinton, Clay- ton Roberts and Tucker Hopkins. "We ran a really good, clean race. I had a few little problems, but the boys are safe, and that's what matters. Forrest had a pretty big fall in his section but no bro- ken bones, which is the most im- portant thing, and he kept the bike moving. But we survived the beast of Baja and that's what matters." Austin and Matt Eddy, Brody Honea, Russell Tonjum and Jar- rett Megla rounded out the top three on a Honda CRF450X. "The bike ran well for the most part, but we had some lighting problems, and that held us back on some occasions," said Eddy. Jano Montoya, Kyle Tichenor, David Zarate, Bryce Stavron, Jesse Canepa and Robert Villalobos combined efforts to win Pro Moto 30 (riders over 30 years of age) on a KTM 450 EXC-F in 30:16:14 and with approximately 40 minutes to spare over the second-place team. "I'm happy to be here in Ensenada after some very long 30 hours," Montoya said. "We had a great time during the race; it was challenging and fun. We had some good competition early on and during the day. We had to bring our best game and be on top of everything, and that made us better. The battery died on us twice, but the team was there and we took care of it right away." The Fernando Beltran team took the Pro Moto Limited (under 450cc) win. Co-rider Mauri Herrera said, "It was a very long race, and just making it here to Ensenada is a big achievement for us. Nothing was easy during the last 29 hours, but fortunately, we made it here. The entire team [Herrera, Beltran, Larry Serna, Luis Flores, Dilan Avalos and Francisco Septien] did a very good job today." In Pro Moto 50, the Giovanni Spi - nali team took the win on a Yama- ha YZ450FX with teammates John Griffin, Alan Julien, Troy Pierce, Mike Carter and Robby Naughton. The Alirio Amado, Peter Eiland, Pedro Gonzalez, Curtis Lisenby, Manuel Vazquez, Nick Lanning and Justin Moore team topped the Pro Moto 40 division on a Yamaha WR450F. "The race was really fun; it was really grueling. 1300 miles is a long way to go," Tichenor said. Un - fortunately, the team had to deal with some issues along the way. "We had to make some im- promptu adjustments due to some injuries, but we made it to the finish," Tichenor said. "Mor- gan unfortunately broke his arm right after the start and maybe broke a leg, too. That got us off on a bad foot, and we had other injuries, too, but we regrouped and rearranged riders." Edgar Cota won the Pro Moto Ironman class. He rode a GasGas 450 for approximately 38 and a half hours and averaged 34.01 mph. "The race went very well for us," said Cota. "When we got to San Felipe [race mile 1000] the sun was coming up and didn't have any issues from that point on. It's my fourth victory in a SCORE race, and I'm very happy." CN OVERALL (Top 5) 1. Juan Carlos Salvatierra, Shane Logan, Diego Llanos, Carter Klein, Corbin McPherson (KTM) 26:34:17 2. Cirian Naran, Derek Ausserbauer, Nick Lapaglia, Forrest Minchinton, Clayton Roberts, Tucker Hopkins (Hus) 26:52:38 3. Austin Eddy, Matt Eddy, Brody Honea, Jarett Megla, Russell Tonjum (Hon) 29:06:03. 4. Jano Montoya, Kyle Tichenor, David Zarate, Bryce Stavron, Jesse Canepa, Robert Villalobos (KTM) 30:16:14 5. Adrian Ortiz, Albaro Ortiz, Gustavo Gonzales, Danny Mendoza, Sergio Garza (Hon) 30:28:26 WIND IN THE P44 The Fernando Beltran team topped the Pro Moto Limited division.