ultimately finishing 11 seconds
shy of the champ on his Mo-
torex/FMF/Fly Racing FX 450.
"I've been here enough times,
and I've won here twice, so I
know what this track entails,"
he noted. "Today, honestly, I
feel like it was more on the
least-rough side in some of the
sections, but that doesn't mean
it was easy!
"I definitely was happy with
my performance. The bike
worked awesome; the team is
amazing."
Third for practically the entire
afternoon was SLR Honda's
Tyler Lynn. Racing virtually every
weekend for a couple months
now is apparently agreeing with
him.
"I'm going on eight or nine
weekends in a row, I think, of
Baja 400, lots of WORCS racing,
SRA [grand prix] racing, then
NGPC racing—lots of races and
getting really solid results, get
-
ting better every weekend, so
I'm super-excited!" the Monster
Energy/Lava Propane/Fly Racing
CRF450RX rider said. "I got off to
a decent start—I think I was fifth
or sixth—and just made some
key passes early on. Now, to put
together a [good] ride here for
my first time on the 450 is super
cool and it's all coming together."
Lynn's SLR Honda teammate
Ryan Surratt—who was planning
to start Baja 1000 pre-running
with the team the next day—fol
-
lowed in fourth with LiquiMoly
Beta's Dare DeMartile fifth, thus
solidifying his hold on second in
the overall points.
Just missing the top five over-
all in sixth place was Pro II win-
ner Semmens aboard his Trail
Jesters/Acerbis/Moose Racing
250 XC-F.
With class rival Colton Aeck
coming into the race 21 points
back, Semmens said, "I had to
win and Colton to be third or
worse [to lock up the champion
-
ship]. Perfect race—holeshot
and led every lap, start to finish!
VOLUME ISSUE OCTOBER , P37
A fifth Pro II win of the season
thanks to leading from the start
allowed Mason Semmens to claim
the championship in his first
attempt, though he faced some
adversity during the year.
