Behind the two leading teams,
the battle for third was hotly
contested, with teams swapping
positions throughout the early
hours of the race. In the open-
ing laps, Ivan Ramirez's squad,
consisting
of Gary Sutherlin,
Brandon Prieto and Alberto Ruiz,
held the advantage. Brandon
Gravley's GasGas team with Nick
Stover, Seth Nemec and Cale
Crutcher snuck by the KTM team
to hold third at the end of the
first hour on their Kilmartin Rac
-
ing/Reezen 300cc two-stroke.
Pushing through
a bad start,
the second entry in the Pro class
belonged to Jarrett Megla and
Matthew Combs, as they worked
their way up to third overall by
the 90-minute mark. The duo
utilized their early speed to take
control of the podium position
and briefly move up to second
overall. A small mechanical
issue at the halfway point cost
them nearly 10 minutes, setting
them outside the top five.
Ramirez's KTM squad took
control of third overall from
there, building a comfortable
gap over the rest of the field, and
looked to have the final podium
position locked up. However,
Gravley's number-146 GasGas
team put in a late-race charge
over the final hour, moving up
from sixth to fourth, with their
eyes set on third.
As the checkers flew,
Pretscherer's team claimed
the overall victory, with Carson
Tryon's number-one expert team
finishing second overall and first
in the 250 Expert category. The
race for the final overall podium
position saw a remarkable
last-lap pass to bump Gravley's
team up to third overall and
first Open Expert. Alberto Ruiz's
number-78 team finished fourth
overall and won the 30+ Expert
class. Rounding out the top five
overall, the Checkers MC/RG3
SoCal Husqvarna team of Cole
McCarty, Jack McGrath and
Stephen Pipoly earned second
Open Expert.
The toughest of them all, the
Ironman class, saw 15 brave
racers line up to solo the entire
race. TJ Durst topped the class
with 33 laps and finished 18th
overall after starting on the last
row. Grayson Pringle and Logan
Tyler rounded out the top three,
finishing with 33 and 29 laps,
respectively.
Carson Butterfield's team won
the 85cc Mini class, finishing
with 26 laps in 55th overall. Mat
-
thew Yarnell's team again won
the 65cc
class with 26 laps to
their credit and finished in 54th
overall, just ahead of Butterfield.
Josh Fout, Josh Mosiman and
Sean Bushnell from Motocross
Action Magazine won the Indus
-
try class, finishing 8th overall
with
36 laps. Other notable
finishers include Dylan Cooper's
team winning Open Novice,
Adrian Riveramelo winning the
40+ Novice class, and Austin
Keys winning the family class.
Next on the calendar is the
3Bros 24 Hours of Glen Helen,
set to take place in October as
the final round of the three-race
endurance series.
CN
OVERALL (Top 5)
1. Sam Pretscherer (Hus)
2. Carson Tryon (KTM)
3. Brandon Gravley (GG)
4. Alberto Ruiz (KTM)
5. Cole McCarty (Hus)
VOLUME 62 ISSUE 23 JUNE 10, 2025 P43
Sam Pretscherer led his
team to victory.
