gap there. We just got into a
flow, and I was able to click off
the miles and look forward to
getting to the finish line."
Naran and Parker 400 winner
Shane Logan were the first two
bikes off the line, and after team
-
ing up to finish third at this event
on a different course last year,
Friday looked to be a showdown
between the two points leaders.
Logan suffered a fuel-pump is-
sue on the first lap that knocked
his team out of winning conten-
tion and dropped him off both
the overall and Open Pro podi-
ums.
With the rest of the Open Pro
podium up for grabs, third- and
fourth-place qualifiers Gavin Er
-
ickson and Matthew Grant stood
on the class podium for the
first time this year. Ironman Pro
winner Matthew Combs split the
Erickson/Grant battle for third
overall, and Open Expert winner
Caleb Tate completed the top
five overall. This marked Tate's
third class win in three races this
year and his second overall top
five. Combs, meanwhile, became
the third different Ironman Pro
winner this year and the first to
earn an overall podium, finish
-
ing ahead of Mint 400 winner
Patricio Cabrera and Parker 400
winner Remington Mathews.
Other class winners included
Teddy Miller in 399 Expert,
Shandy Kittleson in Quad Pro,
and Mark Gerloff in Hooligan
Sportsman Motorcycle. Miller is
a perfect three for three on the
season, while Gerloff is two-for-
two after winning the Mint 400,
and Kittleson took his first win of
the season.
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OVERALL (Top 5)
1. Ciaran Naran 5:10:24.548
2. Gavin Erickson 5:28:22.219
3. Matthew Combs 5:31:50.645
4. Matthew Grant 5:32:47.555
5. Caleb Tate 5:39:00.793
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Gavin Erickson (pictured)
and Matthew Grant were
second overall.
