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At the halfway mark, 7x held a commanding 22-minute lead over the Yamaha team with another eight minutes to spare over the KTM team. However, the DBT Yamaha squad was hit with another mechanical, as they suffered from light issues and a broken rear wheel. Another unplanned pit cost valuable time and relegated them back to third briefly and almost two laps down from the leader. Over the next 10 hours, the SLR Honda team continued to run a perfect race with only their planned pit stops and consis - tently fast lap times all day and night. As the sun rose on Sunday morning, the CRF450X was three laps ahead of the now three-man Yamaha team, who went down one rider and suffered from many small mechanical issues in the last half of the race. When the checkers flew on Sunday morning, Justin Morgan was first to the line with 89 laps and covering approximately 712 miles. A distant second was Trevor Hunter's DirtBikeTest. com Yamaha team with 86 laps, and third went to KTM-rider Tyler Nicholson, also with 86 laps. Fourth overall belonged to Bryson Gardener and the Beta USA team, which hovered between fourth and fifth place all race long, eventually finishing with 82 laps to their credit. The top amateur team and fifth overall went to Jordan Maas, a young 250cc Expert team rider, joined by some of the future stars of the sport, including Dustyn Davis, Brennen Watson, Peyton Maas, Caleb Tate and Oliver Bonner aboard a GasGas EX250F. Although winning the 3Bros 24 Hours of Glen Helen is no easy feat, the real heroes are those in the Ironman class. Rid - ing solo for 24 continuous hours is a tough task, but to do so in what many considered the most grueling and challenging 24-hour course in years, is an accom - plishment in its own right. Lead- ing from lap one, Josh Dalton led the Ironman class all day Satur- day and well into Sunday morn- ing with an unmatched pace in the front half of the race. Ryan McKee, who hovered in the top five during the race's first half, put in a late race charge over the final 12 hours. Dalton had two stops in the middle of the night, resulting in him relinquishing the lead in the early dawn. Dalton didn't give up easily, as he clawed his way back, chip - ping away time lap after lap until he regained the lead with an hour to go. However, just as he'd pass into the lead, McKee would regain control to take the class victory with 57 laps, totaling 456 miles and finishing 43rd overall. Dalton finished second in class with 55 laps to his name. Round - ing out the Ironman podium was Evan Kleen with 53 laps. Other notable finishers include Dylan Delgado and his team topping the Open Expert/Inter- mediate field, Levi Arnold's team winning the 30+ Expert/Interme- diate class and first age-group finisher, and Brandon Petersen's AHM team winning the Industry class. The top 85cc team was Keelan Whiteside, who finished an impressive 38th overall with 63 laps. CN OVERALL (Top 5) 1. Justin Morgan (Hon) 2. Trevor Hunter (Yam) 3. Tyler Nicholson (KTM) 4. Bryson Gardner (Bet) 5. Jordan Maas (GG) WIND IN THE P46 The Tyler Nicholson KTM team completed the podium.