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WIND IN THE P48 in third place until I passed the bike to Ciaran. He was able to get us back in the second position, and we maintained that position the whole race. "Thank God we were able to have a safe and clean race after that, and here we are at the finish line. Besides the error I com - mitted pretty early on, we didn't really have any other problems. The bike ran great; everything was perfect. I'd like to thank everyone that has been helping us out and supporting us. Our family, friends and sponsors—but more than anything, my team - mates—because without them, none of this would be possible." In the Pro Moto Limited class (less than 400cc), the four-rider team of Armando Ortiz, Ricardo Belezz, Andre Enrique and Josue Ochoa took the win despite suf - fering a mechanical. "Things went well until about the last 150 miles," said Enrique. "We only had first and third gears. The transmission was starting to fail us, but we remained calm and pushed through." Francisco Septien and Shane Esposito won Pro Moto 40 (rid - ers 40 years of age and older). "It was an overall good day," Esposi- to said. "We worked all the up to ninth place overall bikes. It was a long day. We wanted to just fin - ish for the [class] championship. So if we got caught, we just let other riders pass. Luckily, there was enough moisture to keep the dust down. No crashes, no prob- lems with the bike. We were just focused on the championship." Ryan Liebelt, Shane Shorno, Jason Alosi, David Ausserbauer and JD Triffon topped the Pro Moto 30 class. "It started off good," said Liebelt. "We got in the lead early. We went back and forth with the 300x [Jano Montoya team], but then I had a pretty good spill. I lost some time there. In an effort to make up for some time, I got back on in the end, but it was a tough one after that." Mike Prunty and Steve Hatch were among the winning Pro Moto 50 team. "The race was good," said Hatch. "We started out fast yesterday morning. At race mile 220, we were 40 minutes ahead. We gapped out to a 90-mile lead. Then we had some small issues, light problems, that we got worked out. Multiple stops for electrical. We kept the bike moving, and all stayed together and chased each other. Then, we were two hours ahead and stopped to help a competitor out with fuel and food because it was a remote area, so it was good that we had the time. We got here in time to enjoy the rain and now it is time for a big nap." The Pro Moto 60 team over - came adversities to take the win. "We had a couple injuries and had to Medi-Vac our guy out and get back the bike," said co-rider Lou Franco. "We had some bad luck and some good luck. We never gave up, and we made it here to the finish. He has some broken ribs but will be okay, and we went on to win it for him." Patricio Cabrera, aboard a KTM, took the Pro Moto Ironman- class (solo) in 24:27:58.878. CN MOTORCYCLE OVERALL 1. Justin Morgan/Tyler Lynn/Brandon Prieto/Ryan Surratt (Hon) 17:52:34 2. Arturo Salas Jr./Carter Klein/ Ciaran Naran (Hon) 18:47:09 3. Eric Holt/Brian Whiteside/ Daemon Woolslayer/Cooper Ashton/ Axel Pearson (Hus) 19:01:12 4. Adrian Ortiz/Albaro Ortiz/Sergio Garza/Manuel Gomez/Chris Sandoval (Hon) 19:18:04 5. David Walsh/Liam Walsh/ Ben Grabham/Jacob Smith/Kenny Armstead (KTM) 19:31:02 Also riding a Honda, the team led by Arturo Salas Jr finished in second, 54 minutes and 35 seconds back.