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WIND IN THE P48 "I'm from Gainesville, Texas, so I've been home for the holi- days and hanging out with my family," the GNCC regular and two-time ISDE Club rider said. "There was nothing else going on, so I decided to show up and have some fun." And, of course, it's always more fun when you win, raking in $1000 of the $3200 Pro purse. The Bonecutter Off-Road/XC Gear/Moose Elite GasGas MC 250F-mounted winner added, "I was second off the start, but before we got to the third corner, I got to first and kind of rode my own race from there." The only thing that slowed him down was an unexpected pit stop to tighten the rear axle. He completed five laps of the loop in two hours, 19 minutes and three seconds, putting him 28 seconds ahead of runner-up Vrzak. Vrzak said, "[Last year] I was busy on Saturday, so I couldn't race the [one-hour] Short Course [race], so I went into it com - pletely blind. I made sure this year to come up [from Texas] on Saturday!" The Cycle Center of Denton/ Fast Track Home Services/ Fly Racing KTM 350 SX-F rider added. "I had a third-place start behind Hunter, and then I had a good battle with Kobey Dearing— I was able to pick him off and rode my race and focused. John and I started playing yo-yo a little bit until we ended up getting to our pit stops; then we started spreading out after that." Gentry made it an all-Texas podium (the second time he's podiumed here) and said, "I got a last-place start, so that didn't help, but I started picking them off. I got a few passes on the first lap, which helped, and then slowly caught up. Me and Rider had a good battle, but Hunter was long gone!" The TJ's Cycles/MG CycleWorks/B&B Off-Road MC 250F racer, Gentry, finished in 2:20:59, 24 seconds shy of Vrzak. KTM-mounted Riley Johnson, Harrison Gafford (Oklahoma City resident and the first Oklahoman in the top 10), Logan Adams (Husqvarna), Lane Morrison (KTM) and Dalton Young (KTM), Dearing (Beta) and Jacob Frank - lin (KTM), all in the Pro class, rounded out the top 10. Brandon Atchley aboard a GasGas took the 20-29 class and was 11th overall a lap down, with 15-19 winner Madden Jones 12th overall on his KTM. Other class winners included J.D. Reed (30-39), Dusty Melton (40-49), J.D. Walker (50-59) and Bobby Southard (Masters 60+). South - ard is especially noteworthy, not only as a class winner but for being the Pro overall victor of the very first RFGP and riding all 30 to date. Mark Kariya OVERALL 1. Hunter Smith (GG) 2. Rider Vrzak (KTM) 3. John Gentry (GG) 4. Riley Johnson (KTM) 5. Harrison Gafford (KTM) 6. Logan Adams (Hus) 7. Lane Morrison (KTM) 8. Dalton Young (KTM) 9. Kobey Dearing (Bet) 10. Jacob Franklin (KTM) Defending River Front champ John Gentry had to recover from a bad start and climbed up to third at the end.