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Cycle News 2013 Issue 38 September 24

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ROUND 8/SEPTEMBER 15, 2013 HONEY LAKE MX/MILFORD, CALIFORNIA OFF-ROAD P74 ROCKY MOUNTAIN MC WORLD OFF-ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP SER him. We made quite a bit of contact there towards the end. He kept it clean, and I tried to do the same." Jones said afterwards that he had issues with his bike. "The front of my skid plate actually broke off right when Bobby Garrison put the charge on," Jones said. "It actually scooped into the dirt and locked my motor up. I was messing with that for a minute or so and that took a lot of energy." Going into the final at Buffalo Bills in Primm, Nevada, in a few weeks, Garrison holds a threepoint advantage over Jones for number-two in the championship. Yamaha mounted, Ross Neely, (Above) Whenever Steve Gibson (754) shows up he wins. He captured his sixth Pro 2 Lites victory of the season and leads Alex Morgan by just two points going into the final. (Right) Justin Jones leads the way at the start of the Pro race. rounded out the top five in the pro class just under thirteen seconds behind Jones at the finish line. In the Pro 2 class, All American KTM's Ty Tremaine secured his first win of the season after an early battle with eventual secondplace finisher, Eric Yorba. Tremaine took over the lead on lap five of what would be a 13-lap race, and he held it to the checkered flag with nearly two minutes to spare. Class points leader Starr Savage rounded out the top three, making it an all-KTM podium. The race for the Pro 2 Championship is far from over, but Savage owns a seven-point lead over Tremaine, who has an eight-point advantage over Yorba. In the Pro 2 Lites division, John Burr Cycle's Steve Gibson claimed his sixth win of the season after grabbing the holeshot, which boosted Gibson back into

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