Hunter, Triumph Takes 10-Hours of Glen Helen
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arm temps and sunny skies
set the stage for a tradition-
al endurance race at Glen Helen
Raceway, with plenty of dust, silt
and fun greeting 74 teams at the
annual 3Bros 10-Hours of Glen
Helen, June 6-7. Returning two-
thirds of last year's winning trio,
DirtBikeTest.com brought Trevor
Hunter and Sean Lipanovich,
along with Gary Sutherlin, to the
overall victory, finishing 40 laps
ahead of the 73 other teams.
At the 8 a.m. flag drop, the
Open Pro/Expert riders rushed
into Talladega, the first turn, with
Open Intermediate rider Russell
Conner at the front on his KTM.
Through the first few corners,
riders jockeyed for position, but
Conner led the field into the dust.
Overcoming a poor start, the
Dirt Bike Test/1-800-Dent-Doc
team of Hunter, Lipanovich and
Sutherlin recovered from their
number 24 Triumph TF450-E not
firing right away and passed the
entire first line of riders halfway
through the opening lap. Once in
the lead, Sutherlin chased first
tracks with no leader in sight,
only to realize they were from the
morning's sweep lap. By lap two,
the former NHHA and WORCS
champ settled into a comfortable
pace, holding a two-minute lead
before the first hour was over.
Behind Sutherlin, the num-
ber 524 Skaggs Racing Honda
CRF450X of Hayden Hintz, Gun-
ner Smith, Max Hintz and Dylan
Delgado ran second overall and
first in the Open Intermediate
class through the opening three
laps. As the race settled in, the
ACT/Malcolm Smith Motorsports
KTM duo of Brandon Krause and
Austin Keys moved into second
overall and second in the Open
AA class. Another front-runner
throughout the race, Nick Stover
and the number 281 Reezen
Racing GasGas team were late
to the start and had to claw their
way back through the field in the
opening hour. Stover, along with
teammates Seth Nemec, Cal
Crutcher and Seth Christensen,
worked their way up into third
overall in the first hour, where
WIND
IN THE
P36
The Trevor Hunter,
Sean Lipanovich
and Gary Sutherlin
(pictured) team took
top honors at the
3Bros 10 Hours of
Glen Helen.
PHOTOS:
TREVOR HUNTER
