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lowed by new SLR Honda recruit
Tyler Lynn, Purvines Racing/
Simi Valley Cycles Yamaha rider
Trevor Stewart, 3 Bros./Hatch
Racing GasGas pilot Giacomo
Redondi, and Jack Simpson on
the third Purvines machine.
A new face topped the Pro II
ranks and finished 12th overall,
Australian Mason Semmens
leading from start to finish for
the FMF/KTM RPM Racing
Team. Though he's spent the
past two years racing GNCCs
for the now-disbanded Trail
Jesters KTM squad, his racing
in Australia includes a lot of des
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ert as well as motocross, so he
obviously felt comfortable at the
American MX course.
Indeed, he ended up 10
seconds behind Oliveira and six
behind DeMartile.
Slam Life Racing (SLR)
Honda's Cole Martinez ran up
front for a while, but being sick
took its toll, and he slipped to
fourth at the finish aboard his
Monster Energy/Lava Propane/
Fly Racing CRF450RX, just three
seconds behind Hoeft.
Mateo Oliveira, on the other
FMF KTM, was quickest to the
first turn and finished fifth, equal
to his result last year, but feeling
much better about the quality of
his ride.
Last year's points runner-up
Ryan Surratt had to scramble
just to be able to race, borrow
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ing an engine from SLR Honda
for his Johnny Campbell Racing
(JCR) Honda CRF450RX from
last year. Now running his own
program, he finished sixth, fol
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Tank Summers claimed
a narrow victory in NGPC
Super Mini. He and
Lucas Webb went back
and forth, with Summers
winning by one second.
