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Cycle News 2014 Issue 28 July 15

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PRESENTED BY MOTOWORKS AND DIRT BIKE VOL. 51 ISSUE 28 JULY 15, 2014 P117 fully I can come out and do at least one or two more WORCS races this year and just have fun." FMF Racing/Precision Concept's Robby Bell gave Robert a run for the win in the final laps of the race, as he closed the gap on Robert, but Bell went down in the final lap when he hit a rock, which virtually ended any chance of him catching Robert in the final lap, but Bell's second place gained him some valuable points on Gary Sutherlin in the championship. Sutherlin finished in seventh place, which allowed Bell to close the gap to just 11 points. "I really wanted to beat Taylor be- cause I really respect him and his speed," Bell said. "I closed the gap on him heading into the last lap, but I was getting kind of antsy and threw the bike in a little hot and clipped a rock on the inside of the rut with the frame. It was enough force to pop the back end up over and I slid out. I still tried to push it and see if maybe he made a mistake, but he held it, I still had a great race with a second-place finish and closed the points gap on Gary for the championship." Precision Concept's Justin Seeds secured his third straight podium fin- ish with a third-place finish. Seeds got off to a sixth-place start, but he started picking off racers and moved into the third spot in the final laps of the race, as he held it wide open over the jumps in the high-speed off- road section. "I was trying everything I could to (Above) Defending champ Robby Bell made a push at the end of the race but couldn't quite catch Robert. (Left) Taylor Robert made his first appearance of the 2014 WORCS series a winning one.

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