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VOL. 51 ISSUE 16 APRIL 22, 2014 P117
passed everyone in front of him,
including Whibley, but the tena-
cious N-Fab/AmPro Yamaha
rider refused to let Thomas get
away and stuck with him for
the remainder of the afternoon
aboard his FMF/MSR/Monster
Energy-backed YZ450F.
"I tried to get away, but I lost
my drink system so I knew the
last part of the race was going to
be really hard," Thomas said.
"He set a good pace and I
was happy to follow him," Whib-
ley said. "I think Nick Fahringer
came up with us early on there,
but it was mostly Jason and me.
One of us would come forward
and drop back, come forward
and drop back.
"Eventually, we got a little bit of
a gap on third, I think.
"Steward Baylor was up with
us, I think the third-to-last lap. He
jumped into second; he passed
me at one point.
"The second-to-last lap there
was a mud hole. I went one
way, Jason went the other way
and I got into the lead. I'd actu-
ally passed him a few times and
I really tried to make a break,
but he'd always find another line
back past me so I never really got
a break, and that time I did get
Briefly...
series, but I didn't want to do the
GNCCs just because I don't want to
run that pace for that long anymore.
And the OMAs kind of suit me a little
better - they're shorter and the tracks
are a little better for me, more suit-
able to what I like. I kind of like this
series; they cut back the number of
races so there's not that many this
year - that was a factor, too. It makes
it a little easier, coming all the way
from Idaho when you don't have to
come back 10 or 15 times."
One of Jimmy Jarrett's new racing
buddies in Idaho made the trip with
him to participate in his first OMA,
which was also his first woods race
and first time racing east of the
Rockies. "I wasn't expecting as
Former AMA National enduro
champ Steward Baylor made time
in the woods but was outgunned in
the fast grass track sections.
Mark Heresco (412) emerged
safely from this first turn madness
and went on to take the Pro 2
victory over Tyson Emery (122)
and Spencer Burke (blue and
black helmet behind Heresco).
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