ing less than 60 seconds behind
would've been good enough, but
Bell said later: "It's definitely in the
back of your mind that the dust in
Nevada you can spend hundreds
of miles behind one guy trying to
pass him, but I always felt confi-
dent that the opportunity would
arise that we could get into the
[physical] lead."
The eventual winners didn't en-
joy an entirely trouble-free race.
A spot of oil around the shift shaft
caused some concern, but a big-
ger problem surfaced when a
huge gash appeared in the rear
tire.
"Between pits 12 and 13, the
rain really did a number on the
course," Bell said. "It was prob-
ably the gnarliest rocks I've ever
ridden in a Nevada race! I ended
up slicing the rear tire; I must've
hit the sharpest rock just perfect
or just wrong.
"It sliced the tire and I rode with
it all the way to pit 15. Luckily, our
crew caught it at 15 because by
that time after riding on it for al-
most 100 miles, it had opened up
and was a pretty big gash in the
tire. The mousse was bulging out
because it was getting all hot—it
was pretty crazy!
"They ended up changing
[wheels] at the last pit and it
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Running second
here while leaving
pit four at Goldfield,
Robby Bell made
the pass for the
lead after pit five.
Later, partner Ricky
Brabec stretched
their lead.
Ty Davis
(pictured) and
Justin Morgan
led for about the
first 200 miles.
