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Four laps into the race, the battle tightened up with the Hero Racing squad just one second behind the lead- ing GasGas team. However, the youngsters found their groove and quickly saw their lead grow to a two-minute advantage over the number- three Honda. By lap nine, the Hero Racing team suffered a mechanical issue, requir - ing a fuel-pump swap and resulting in a nearly 12-min- ute loss. The Zip-Ty team also lost a fuel pump and valu - able time, but a quick repair along with the sizable margin they'd built up over the rest of the field saw them get back on track with eight minutes to spare over the next bike. Throughout the rest of the race, Davis' team rode flawlessly, clicking off laps as fast or faster than everyone else on track and ultimately lapping the second- place team on the very final lap of the 75-lap and approximately 750-mile race. Additionally, Davis (age 17), Lorenzo (age 18), Alvarez (age 24) and Watson (age 16) are one of the youngest teams to ever win the presti - gious event. In total, the winning team went through one fuel pump, four tires, four sets of rear brake pads, four air filters, and approximately 45 gallons of T4 fuel aboard their MC250F. Second overall and Open Pro belonged to the Hero Racing team of Naran, Shane Logan, Jake Hogan, and Corey Ham - mond, who completed 74 laps around Glen Helen's treacherous course. Mikey Fermoile's team of Adrian Ortiz, Albaro Ortiz and Ed- gar Cota finished third overall and third Open Pro with 68 total laps on a San Diego Powerhouse/ Killer Speed-backed CRF450RL. Brandon Gravley's Open Expert team finished fourth overall, first overall Expert and first in their class with 67 total laps, followed closely by Jeffrey Row's Open Expert team, which finished fifth overall and second in their class. While the race for the overall wasn't particularly close, there were several other heated battles on track, and one of the closest was the Business class. Four me - dia outlets lined up to compete for media supremacy, including Cycle News, Motocross Action, Dirt Rider and Dirt Bike Test. After several mechanical hiccups, the Dirt Bike Test team built up a lead that they would hold to the finish with 66 total laps, good enough for eighth overall. Motocross Action finished second in class with 64 laps despite a severe crash on the last lap, mangling their Honda CRF450L and having to salvage a 12th overall fin - ish from there. Cycle News' Ryan Nitzen, Jesse Ziegler, Noah Kepple, Lukas Eddy and Nate VanderVliet rode a near-stock CRF250RX to third in the class and 14th overall. The Dirt Rider squad, also racing a Honda, finished fourth in class and 18th overall with 61 total laps. Riding solo for 24 continuous hours, Patricio Cabrera finished 29th overall and topped the Ironman class with 55 total laps. Owen Davis finished second in class with 49 laps, and Zane Frisk finished third with 46 laps. Other notable finishers include Matt Eddy, winning the Family class and finishing 11th overall, and John Rice claiming the 30+ Expert division win while finish - ing 13th overall. Andy Valencia finished 22nd overall while top- ping the Open Nov/Beg division and Josh Heckman won the 30+ Nov/Beg class with a 23rd overall finish. Trevor Hunter OVERALL (Top 5) 1. Dustyn Davis (Gas) 2. Ciaran Naran (Hon) 3. Mike Fermoile (Hon) 4. Brandon Gravley (Gas) 5. Jeffrey Row (Hon) Patricio Cabrera won the Ironman class and was 29th overall. VOLUME ISSUE OCTOBER , P59