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SLR Honda Tops Baja 1000 Again T he SLR Honda 7X team of Justin Morgan, Tyler Lynn, Brandon Prieto and Ryan Sur- ratt came out on top of the 2024 SCORE Baja 1000 Motorcycle results. The team led from start to finish and completed the 864-mile course with a time of 17:52:34, which converts to an average speed of 48.34 mph for the Honda CRF450X-mounted team. The second overall motorcycle was the Arturo Salas Jr, Carter Klein and Ciaran Naran team on the 11X Honda. They finished with a time of 18:47:09, which was 54:35 behind the winning team. Rounding out the top three for the overall motorcycles was the 15X Husqvarna-mounted team of Eric Hold, Brian Whiteside, Daemon Woolslayer and Axel Pearson. Their finishing time of 19:01:12 put them an hour and eight minutes behind the win - ner and a little over 14 minutes behind the second-place team. The fourth overall motorcycle was the Adrian Ortiz, Albaro Ortiz, Sergio Garza and Manuel Gomez team riding another Honda CRF450X. Their finishing time was 19:18:04. A team consisting of four Australian riders rounded out the top five in the motorcycle class: Davis Walsh, Liam Walsh, Ben Grabham, Jacob Smith and Kenny Armstead raced a KTM 450 XC-F to a finishing time of 19:31:02. At the finish line, Tyler Lynn had this to say about the winning team's day: "It was an awesome day. I started the race at 1 a.m. Took the bike to race mile 260 with a 10-minute lead. Then Brandon Prieto extended that lead, even though we had some wire stuck in the wheel. We got that fixed. Then Justin Morgan jumped on, and we got an even bigger lead. Then Tyler Surratt jumped on and got us an even bigger lead. "It was a near-perfect day. The bike never touched the ground. No flaws. Nothing broke. Could not ask for a better day. To win the SCORE Baja 1000 on my first try is pretty cool. It was hot, it was cold, sand to rocks—every type of terrain." Arturo Salas Jr had this to say about his team's day, which resulted in second overall: "It was a long day, but at the same time short. We started the race in second place, and about race mile 50, I made a mistake where they passed me, and we stayed WIND IN THE P44 The SLR Honda team came out on top in the Baja 1000, leading from start to finish. PHOTOS: GETSOME PHOTO.