VOL. 51 ISSUE 38 SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 P45
Briefly...
shock on his Honda CRF450R on
the third lap and rode it out for the
remainder of the race, finishing 25th
overall and ninth place in XC1.
It was a tough day for Josh Strang
who was battling for a lead position
early on when he experienced a
"fuel stop gone wrong" that resulted
in fuel splashing onto his lap. The
Aussie tried to continue on but the
pain was too much and he chose to
sit out the remainder of the race after
spending a lot of time in the pits rins-
ing off. Strang was forced to give up
one spot in the championship stand-
ings.
if I could get up front I could win
but I made a couple more mis-
takes that cost me some time."
ROCKS, ROCKS, ROCKS
The rocky terrain was a catalyst
for most of the chaos that took
place, especially after a couple
of heavy rain falls came down,
ally hard and then it would be dry
so the track was nice and loamy
and then real slick," Russell said. "I
passed Jordan a couple times but
then I would make a mistake and
he would get by me. He was riding
excellent. But I saw that Grant was
coming so I had to kick it up a gear
toward the end."
which began taking a toll on
minds, bodies and machines
as the three-hour race wore on.
Ashburn and Russell went back
and forth for a majority of the
race but as the two-lap card fell,
Russell finally made a pass that
would stick.
"It was weird, it would rain re-
