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out the famous Summit loop. As
a result, the race was shortened
significantly from the original 274-
mile course.
"The first 40 miles of the race
was good with Colton Udall and
I going back and forth," Brabec
said. "I've never started a Mexi-
co race and I've never finished
a Mexico race before so it was
pretty awesome. These guys [my
teammates] are all good part-
ners. We delivered the bike all in
one piece."
Udall's team suffered from a flat
tire and an off-track excursion.
"We got a flat tire over the dry
lake bed and we lost two min-
utes," runner-up Udall said. "My
brother [Ian Young] had an awe-
some ride and he's just a fill-in
guy for Mark Samuels. He's re-
ally proven himself. He caught
the Kawasaki guys and passed
them. On the new section of the
course I was going too fast and
went off of a cliff. I'm happy that
I'm healthy and didn't break any-
thing, but I did a lot of damage to
my motorcycle. Just a month ago
Mark Samuels and I put together
this team and I really wanted to
come out on top."
The Francisco Septien team of
Gerardo Rojas, Vicente Guerro
and Tyler Renshaw topped Class
30 with its third overall finish.
Giovanni Spinali, Paul Thom-
as, Mike Carter and John Griffin
combined efforts to win Class 40,
while Richard Jackson, Gregg
Hawks and Mark Force claimed
the Class 60 victory.
FILE
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
MARK
KARIYA
Ricky Brabec
helped the Mon-
ster Energy THR
Motorsports
Kawasaki team
win the San
Felipe 250.
TESTING, TESTING MOTOGP
Y
amaha's Valentino Rossi and
Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa
ended up with identical lap times
on the third and final day of Mo-
toGP testing at the Sepang Interna-
tional Circuit in Malaysia last week,
the pair both clocking 1:59.999
laps to leave the test as the joint
fastest riders. The two were also
the only riders at the test to crack
the two-minute barrier.
Rossi, though, wasn't com-
pletely satisfied as he continues
Valentino Rossi ended the second
Sepang test as the joint-fastest rider
along with Dani Pedrosa.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
GOLD
&
GOOSE
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