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sailing through the flags on his
Kamo Realty/PCI Race Radios/
Kurt Caselli Foundation KTM 450
SX-F a couple of feet ahead of
Lynn and the rest of the field.
"Smooth is faster for the
dunes," Kamo said. "I know rid-
ing the dunes and going with
the flow of the dunes is always
faster. All those kids are going
to hit everything straight on,
and I know when you hit dunes
straight, you kind of lose some
speed. I just knew if I could be
up front, I could jump the [dune]
double at the end if I holeshot."
Though he ultimately yielded
positions through the two loops
(36 then 42 miles) and was ninth
overall at the finish, his fourth-
consecutive class triumph puts
him fourth in class points with a
realistic shot at the title.
It was a rare disappointing
day for FMF KTM Factory Off-
Road Racing Team's Oliveira, not
so much because of finishing
second but due to how he felt
he rode his Red Bull/Dunlop/
Alpinestars 450 XC-F. "You win
some, you lose some, but the
effort I was able to put into the
track—I was disappointed with it
because last time we were here
[last month for round four and his
career-first Hare & Hound win] I
felt great," he said. "I lacked a lot
of confidence and a lot of flow
through a lot of sections."
Though he had a decent start
on his Bridgestone/Acerbis/Klim
480 RR, Liqui Moly Beta's Rob-
erts seemingly played catch-up
all race long.
"The dunes are kind of scary
to start in, but also at least if you
crash, it's in the sand, so there's
that," he said. Settling into a top-
six spot after the bomb, he found
himself chasing Pro 250 champ
Sam Pretscherer for a while until
the Australian tipped over.
Next in his sights was Norman
Racing Husqvarna's Daemon
Woolslayer, a riding partner of
Lynn's since they were on minis.
"I just spent that whole first
loop chasing Daemon, riding in
a lot of dust again. It felt like last
weekend all over again!" Roberts
said. "I managed to get to him on
some of that grassy, virgin stuff
on the second loop. Daemon and I
battled for a couple of minutes; we
were both going for a line, and he
crashed going through the rocks."
After looking back to make
sure Woolslayer was okay,
Roberts sprinted away. "I started
seeing dust again, and I was like,
'Well, I guess we're not done,'"
Roberts said. "I counted about
45 seconds back to Dante when
I first started seeing his dust
and probably got it down to five
Sam Pretscherer
owned the Pro 250
class for the sixth
consecutive round.
Ryder Thomaselli
and DJ Weber
finished 2-3.
David Kamo took his
fourth-straight Pro
Vet 35+ win.
