VOL. 51 ISSUE 3 JANUARY 21, 2014
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RIES PRESENTED BY MOTOWORKS AND DIRT BIKE MAGAZINE
ing in the third spot five times in
2013.
"The pace was super-fast right
from the start," Jones said. "It
was by far one of the fastest races I've been in for two hours, and
it was so demanding. I'm stoked
to break my third-place streak
with a second, and I'm ready to
build on that," said Jones.
Bell got off to a great start, but
he also suffered with arm pump
early on in the race, which kept
him in the fourth spot for the first
half of the race.
"I just struggled with arm
pump right off the bat," Bell said.
"These guys were riding really
fast, and I just couldn't match
the pace, but right around the
midway point, I started to loosen
up. I felt really good and the bike
was working really well. I started
catching those guys and making
passes."
It appeared Bell was going to
challenge Bonds for the lead after moving into the second spot
with three laps to go, but Bell lost
his rear brakes, which forced him
to slow his charge for the lead,
but he was still able to hold onto
the final podium spot.
"I completely lost my rear brake
and I tried to just power through
it, and a few of the spots were
really sketchy," Bell said. "It's
frustrating you know, I wanted to
come out and make a statement
for the new sponsors, the new
team, and the new number [one].
I'm just really happy to make it up
