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won. After a mediocre start, he switched to plan B. "With the bad start and the dust, I knew I could pick my way to where I needed to be, so it was kind of, 'Don't panic and work my way up.' " Former series runner-up David Kamo came out of retirement to earn sixth aboard his Kamo Realty/PCI Race Radios/Kurt Caselli Foundation-backed 450 XC-F ahead of GNCC regular Ruy Barbosa on his borrowed JCR Honda. Eighth went to new Pro 250 champ Sam Pretscherer on his Gol Gol Hotel/Precision Con - cepts/Fly Racing Husqvarna. Comfortably ahead in points going into the race, he shared, "I didn't have to win today. For me, Campbell said. Like Walton, Wasson was in his final race as a full-time Pro, and he claimed fourth, a couple minutes back aboard his Fiji Water/DP Brakes/Fly Racing 480 RR, seven seconds ahead of his teammate and new champ, Roberts. "I'm stoked to finally get it done," FMF/Acerbis/Klim 480 RR-mounted Roberts said. "I've been in the Open Pro class since 2020, so it's been quite a few years of trying and a lot of second places, but I'm happy to finally get it done." With the championship not quite locked up coming in, Rob - erts went into the finale needing a seventh or better if Walton had Shirey said, "I'm stoked to be able to pull this win off, because it's a good confidence booster; I basically proved to myself that I'm still the guy; I can be here. I didn't expect it to happen today—I was expecting it at the first round next year, because I'm still rebuilding from injury and I didn't expect my body to actually perform like it did today." After dropping back from an early third, Campbell and his Pirelli/Pro Circuit/Fly Racing CRF450RX battled back on the second loop and found himself five seconds shy of runner-up Walton at the finish. "I was fighting the dust and al - most crashed a couple times so I said, 'Okay, take a third today,' " ROUND 6 / NOVEMBER 16-17, 2024 LUCERNE VALLEY SVRA / LUCERNE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA OFF-ROAD I AMA HARE & HOUND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES, PRESENTED BY FMF P82 Sam Pretscherer had his ups and downs during the season, but it was mostly ups and winning the final Pro 250 race was icing on the cake for the new class champ.