l4ike
Letcher on his re-ar tire, in third. Gourde
went down in a
tricky
rock-and-log section, as did Sykorr.
Letcher now took
th€ lead, with flcBrade in second and
fie remounted Gourde
third. Gourde caught l4cBride and
took over second
with
a
new lin€ throu8h the tree-and-rock section.
Letcher had
trouble
in the rock
pale,
and Gourde
jumped
to first.
Meanwhil€, Sykora moved into second,
ahead of McBride.
Letcher and Gourd€ battled for several
lap. before Gourde
pulled
out a comfortable mar8in.
The race ended with
Gourde
takinS the \rin, followed by Letcher.
Sykora and McBride.
fi|4 dealer servce
representative Steve
Drewlo rolled into
the lineup ofthe Open
A class with a 400
EXC that look€d like
it was ritht offthe showroom
floor
As
the
entines fired and the
riders headed into the
rhythm section, Scott
griSht
held the
lead, followed by
Kyle Barry, Drewlo and
Daniel Harmon.
Bright had trouble
in
the
whoops and dropped
back: Stur8is
Yamaha-backed
Barry was ,irst into the
rock pit, with D.€wlo,
Harmon,
Ross Rhode and The UPS
Store of Spearfish's Chris
Farrar
hor
on
his tail. Half a
lap later, Drewlo
pulled
up to Barry
in
the whoops
and made the
pass over th€ double.
Drewlo
and Barry were
making time on the field by double'
iumpin8
a
section
that contained
two loSs more than two feet in
diameter
and about l0
feet apart. Mart Geary was makinS his
move after a terrible
start; he moved to fourth after Farrar
Eot
hun8 up on rhe
railroad tracks. Drewlo had
pulled
out to a
comfortable
lead
and set the cruise .ontrol when he nearly
went down
vvhile doublinS the logs. Harmon made a mistake on
the racks, allowing
Geary to make the
pass
on the rock
pile.
As the
ls-minute race h€aded into the final minutes,
Barry
started
a
charge.
Barry was the only rider still
jumpin8
the two
logs as
well as the lo8
pile;
he reeled in Orewlo and
pulled
alongside
in the lo8-and-rock section, and then
a8ain in the rock
pile.
The duo battled together for the
final
two
laps before the
Powersports GraffirMotorex/KTl'4-backed
Drewlo took the
win, ahead of Ba.ry
Afterward, Barry discussed his strategy
to take a break and
then charSe at the end.
"lf
lwould have tried stickinE
with
you
[Drewlo],"
he
remarked, "you would have beat
me anyway." Cll
REsuLrs
l?t, l. Ben Holmber8
(Hon)r
2.
Dsek Haus
(Kaw);3.
wrdt HakilHon)r4.
Cod, Su.d'.k
(s!z)i
s. chace w.od
(K:w).
200l l. Donry
ubston (Hon):
2.
Adan E.sle
(KTl'l);
l. &le, scntuk
(KTM)| 4.
Sco$
srisht
(fiM)r
5. R€8de
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