and position swapping.
Wasson said, "One of the last
passes I made, he made a mis-
take and I got by him, and I held
it because I knew we were get-
ting really close to the finish line.
I couldn't let him back around so
I turned it up to 110 percent, but
it was so hard because if you
were leading, the boys could key
off you a little bit. You couldn't
really get away from anybody
today, so you had to be smooth
and consistent and not make
any mistakes and really read the
terrain."
As they headed to the finish,
it appeared Roberts was in posi
-
tion to make it a Beta 1-2.
Walton, however, had other
plans. The Dunlop/Motorex/Fly
Racing FX 450-mounted rider
saw Roberts let up momentarily
just before the checkered flag
and stuffed it underneath the
FMF/Pirelli/Klim 480 RR-mount
-
ed Roberts.
"I came in aggressive, but
you've got to do what you've
got to do sometimes," Walton
said. "No disrespect to Zane; it's
racing—I'd expect him to do it to
me, so I know I'd hold my line,
so I didn't give him the opportu
-
nity. I hope he doesn't hate me,
but I wouldn't be surprised if he's
frustrated with me because I'd
be frustrated with him if it was
the other way around, but that's
just racing."
Having worked hard to re
-
cover after a poor start made it
doubly frustrating for Roberts
who said, "I guess you've got
to race to the checkered flag.
I thought the scoring chute
started where the chute starts,
but the scoring chute is after the
checkered flag, apparently. It is
what it is. If people want to get
aggressive, I can get aggressive
back. It's half my fault for letting
up and thinking we were done."
Campbell held on for fourth—
matching his first-round re
-
sult—followed by Shirey, who'd
stopped to help after seeing
Clayton Roberts go down hard
on the bomb run. Officials gave
him a minute off his final time,
though it didn't change his final
place.
After getting back underway
in last, Shirey found it difficult
to maintain consistent inten
-
sity, noting, "I couldn't stay real
VOLUME ISSUE MARCH , P43
Sam Pretscherer backed up his
Pro 250 victory at round one
with a dominating one in Idaho,
besting class runner-up D.J.
Weber by over six minutes.
