nificantly different from his GP
bike, since GP courses develop
differently due to repeated in-
tense passes on the same lines.
In the hare & hounds, the same
trail is rarely used twice.
"Setting the bike up for those
two disciplines is quite hard, and
there's a lot of give and take," the
Red Bull/Motorex/Alpinestars
450 XC-F said.
But the six-time NGPC champ
seems to have the puzzle solved
and spent the majority of the
MotoFest GP out front after dis
-
patching the stubborn Dunlop/
Motorex/Moose Racing-backed
450 XC-F of Semmens.
"Me and Dante were neck-
and-neck around the first corner,
and I got around him the second
corner going up the hill. I led for
a few laps and was feeling pretty
good," he said. "I nearly had a big
one in the wash over here [that]
slowed me down a little. It sort
of hit me a little to be careful on
this track because it could catch
you out.
"But a good day! I'm happy
with my progress with Glen
Helen. I've struggled here in
the past, so I'm happy with that
improvement." He was nine
seconds behind Oliveira after the
90-minute feature race.
For FMF/Bridgestone/Moose
Racing 450 RX-mounted DeMar
-
tile, "it was a good redemption
round for me. The pace was hot!
The end result was a lot about
the start; I got off to an okay
start, top three, then battled.
Went all the way to the single-
track section, and there was big
silt there, so that kind of sepa
-
rated us for the first couple laps
due to no visibility there. But
kept my head down, felt great,
riding felt great, just wish I was
a little closer to the guys at the
beginning to hold off at the end."
Mateo Oliveira's fourth place
was his first time off the podium
this season, though he said, "I'm
a little bummed. I thought my
riding was super-good but today
was super-start-dependent."
Slam Life Racing (SLR)
Honda's Tyler Lynn nabbed fifth
place in his last race before
prepping for the SCORE Baja 500
next month.
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Cole Zeller (pictured)
has scored both
of his Pro II wins
at Glen Helen this
season, with class
points leader Sam
Pretscherer a closing
second and Cody
Simpson third.
