OFF ROAD
PARTS UNLIMITED OFF-ROAD MOTORCYCLE AND ATV NATIONALS
ROUND 4/JULY 6, 2014
INTERLAKE STATE RECREATION AREA/LYNNVILLE, INDIANA
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KTM's Jason Thomas a further
58 seconds back for third on
the day.
Whibley got underway the
quickest when the green flag
waved and whipped his Kenda/
MSR/Monster Energy-backed
YZ450F around the first turn
first to claim the $100 FMF
Holeshot Award with Fahringer
in hot pursuit.
"I knew the holeshot was go-
ing to be really important so I
was kind of focusing on that,"
Whibley said. "I knew it was go-
ing to be hard to get past [any-
one in the dust]."
When Fahringer got close
enough to challenge early in the
race, Whibley took advantage of
his position and fended off the
attack to maintain control of the
race to the end.
Bell Helmets/FMF/Moose
Racing TE 300-mounted Fah-
ringer said, "I kind of took a little
break from riding for the last
week—I needed it!
"There's not a lot of room for
passing out here, and the dust
made that impossible so your
holeshot order was pretty much
what you'd get."
Stillwell Performance/Fun
Mart Cycles/MotorcycleSu-
perstore.com's Thomas made
a few quick passes early after
getting left on the line when his
bike balked at starting. But third
was as far as he could go, la-
menting, "You couldn't get any
closer in the dust."
Whibley's teammate Jordan
Ashburn had the same issue,
dust making him leery of diving
into Thomas' wake so he settled
for fourth with Pro 2 winner Mark
Heresco almost six minutes be-
hind but fifth overall.
Pro Adam Bonneur, Pro 2 rid-
ers Cody Bollinger, Drew Hig-
gins and Jake Fromen, and Pro
Steve Leivan rounded out the
top 10 overall. CN
(Top left) Mark Heresco (third
from left) barely avoided a first-
turn crash that left Spencer Burke
(268) and Drew Higgins (85) on the
ground…
(Above) Sensing chaos to his in-
side, eventual Pro 2 winner (for the
fourth time this season) Heresco
aims for the outside of the turn
as Higgins goes down. Burke and
his machine have already parted
company…
(Top right) Higgins picked himself
up after this, got away at the back
of the pack and carved through to
third Pro 2.
OVERALL
1. Paul Whibley (Yam)
2. Nick Fahringer (Hus)
3. Jason Thomas (KTM)
4. Jordan Ashburn (Yam)
5. Mark Heresco (KTM)
6. Adam Bonneur (Kaw)
7. Cody Bollinger (Yam)
8. Drew Higgins (KTM)
9. Jake Fromen (Suz)
10. Steve Leivan (KTM)
