BEST IN THE DESERT AMERICAN OFF-ROAD RACING SERIES
VOL. 51 ISSUE 8 FEBRUARY 25, 2014 P87
Morgan, Jordan Kundert/Blake Stouard and Matt
Canepa/Jesse Canepa followed in sixth, seventh
and eighth overall, respectively, with 250cc Pro run-
ner-up Mason Partain and Kris Nelson, and Open
Expert winners Nick Tichenor/Stephen Tichenor
rounding out the top 10 overall, unofficially.
OVERALL
1. Matt Gosnell/David Pearson (Kaw)
2. Ryan Abbatoye/Ricky Brabec (Kaw)
3. Nick Burson/Axel Pearson (Beta)
4. Ty Davis/Kellon Walch (Hus)
5. Ryan Smith/Nic Garvin (Yam)
6. Kelly Morgan/Justin Morgan
7. Jordan Kundert/Blake Stouard
8. Matt Canepa/Jesse Canepa
9. Mason Partain/Kris Nelson
10. Nick Tichenor/Stephan Tichenor
Briefly...
nical the whole way, but doing the
[AMA National] hare & hounds lately
have really got me prepared for that."
It was Smith's second Laughlin win in
a row. Garvin suffered a suspected
broken collarbone and also rang his
bell.
Zip-Ty Racing Husqvarna's Justin
Morgan continued to have teething
problems with his FC450, a suspect-
ed clogged fuel injector, once again,
costing him time. "We're figuring it
out," he said. "There's so many piec-
es to the puzzle we still haven't got it
quite figured out. We're going to try a
different fuel pump and stuff like that.
Everything except that, it's probably
the best bike I've ever ridden."
Now a full-
time business
owner and
part-time racer,
former winner
Ty Davis won
Over 30 Pro
with teammate
Kellon Walch.
Ryan Smith
(shown) put in
some overtime
after partner
Nic Garvin got
injured.
