Honda Dominates Glen Helen 24-Hour
E
ndurance racing tests both
man and machine, and a 24-
hour off-road endurance race is
as tough as they come. Match-
ing last year's record turnout of
78 teams, the pits were packed,
and the racing was electric at
the 2024 edition of the 3Bros 24-
Hour Endurance of Glen Helen.
Similar to their 2022 win, the SLR
Honda squad of Ryan Surratt,
Tyler Lynn, Justin Morgan and
Brandon Prieto put up a domi
-
nant performance to take the
coveted overall victory, with 89
laps tallied in a day's time.
At 10 a.m. sharp on Saturday
morning, the Open Pro field of
five teams rocketed off the Glen
Helen starting gate, barreling
into the famous Talladega first
turn. First to the turn and first
to the dust was Trevor Stew
-
art, riding a DirtBikeTest.com
(DBT) Yamaha YZ450FX on the
number-two bike with team-
mates Trevor Hunter, Clay Hen-
geveld and Justin Seeds. In his
draft was SLR Honda's newest
recruit, Ryan Surratt, who was
piloting the number 7x Honda
CRF450X as the team prepares
for next month's SCORE Inter
-
national Baja 1000. Other Open
Pro teams included defending
champions Tyler Nicholson
on the number-one KTM (with
Thomas Dunn, RJ Warda, and
Matt Cerami), Bryson Gardner on
the number 805 Beta, and Brian
Whiteside on the number 15x
Husqvarna.
Taking advantage of the clean
air, Stewart built a sizable gap
over the opening laps to put
the number-two Yamaha out
front early. The 15x bike was
next in tow on the opening lap,
passing the Honda team in the
dusty ridgelines off the start
and running the front-runner's
pace early on. By lap three, the
Honda moved up into second
ahead of Brian Whiteside's Nor
-
WIND
IN THE
P44
The SLR Honda Team—
made up of Ryan
Surratt, Tyler Lynn,
Justin Morgan and
Brandon Prieto—had a
near-flawless ride to
first place at the Glen
Helen 24-Hour.
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