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to face his little (in age, bigger in
size) brother, Malcolm. Malcolm
tried to talk James into splitting
the purse money by telling James
that if he [Malcolm] won, he'd
split the money with James.
"He kept saying I was split-
ting it with him," James said. "He
said, 'If I win, I'll split it with you.'
And I was like, 'Uh huh. Uh huh. I
ain't doing it.' I said that if he won,
yeah of course we'll split it. But
nah, I'm good. You're a privateer
for a reason. You've got to get up
there [yourself]. [Laughs]"
It was a really good race both
times out between the Stewart
brothers, but James took the win
in both of them to move on to the
final, where he would face Justin
Brayton, who dispatched of Dean
Wilson in the semis with some
epic runs of his own through the
whoops. Brayton has historically
always been very strong in the
whoops, and that hasn't changed
on his new KTM.
In the Bronze-medal match,
Malcolm Stewart made short
work of Wilson to grab the fi-
nal podium spot, and then got
to watch his brother take down
Brayton in consecutive races
to win the first-ever Red Bull
Straight Rhythm Championship.
"A lot of people see this as
like a one-off race, but to me, if
you race Supercross, there's a
lot of things you get to learn [in
the Straight Rhythm]," Stewart
said. "So, I believe it's more hec-
tic racing head-to-head than it is
with 20 other guys, because the
crowd is only focused on you.
You win or you go home. You've
got one chance to get it, whereas
Supercross you got 20 laps. So
it's definitely good. I haven't won
anything in a long time, so it feels
good just to win." CN
450
1. James Stewart (Suz)
2. Justin Brayton (KTM)
3. Malcolm Stewart (Hon)
250
1. Marvin Musquin (KTM)
2. Justin Hill (KTM)
3. Jessy Nelson (KTM)
Brayton, James
Stewart and
Malcolm Stew-
art celebrate on
the podium.
