IN
THE
WIND
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to settle for fourth place, though,
while Pro 2-class winner Mark
Heresco, on the SRT Off-Road/
Kenda Tires KTM, rounded out
the top five overall.
"I don't know what was going
on," said Whibley. "I knew the
bike wasn't going to start because
I was doing some practice starts
and it just wouldn't start. After
that I caught up pretty quick and
made a couple of quick passes. I
think I was on to the back of Nick
about halfway through the first
lap. He had a good pace and it
seemed like we pulled away from
everyone else.
"We started getting a little gap,
and then I had the opportunity to
pass Nick up a rocky hill," Whib-
ley added. "I got into the lead and
tried to put my head down and
get a little gap, and it just kept
growing. The second half I was
able to cruise a little bit."
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
JOHN
GASSO
Paul Whibley
came from
behind to win
the second
round of the
OMA Series in
Kentucky.
CAIROLI, HERLINGS VICTORIOUS
IN VALKENSWAARD
I
t's beginning to sound like a
broken record as Red Bull KTM
Factory Racing's Antonio Cai-
roli and Jeffrey Herlings swept
another round of the FIM Moto-
cross World Championship, this
time in round six at the Grand
Prix of the Netherlands at Valken-
swaard on May 4.
Despite suffering a broken
wheel in the first MXGP moto,
Cairoli was able to hold on to
finish third, keeping him in con-
tention for the overall win. In the
second moto, Cairoli blasted out
of the gate to claim the Fox Hole-
shot Award, and the seven-time
World Champion went on to win
the moto and claim the overall
victory for the fifth straight time at
the Valkenswaard Circuit.
Yamaha Factory Racing's Jer-
emy Van Horebeek (2-3) put in a
couple more solid performances
to land himself on the second
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
RAY
ARCHER/KTM
IMAGES
Jeffrey Herlings was
unstoppable in the
Valkenswaard sand.
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