OFF ROAD
AMA DISTRICT 37/GPR STABILIZER BIG 6 GRAND PRIX SERIES/AMA
ROUND 6/9/OCTOBER 4-5, 2014
DESERT EMPIRE FAIRGROUNDS/RIDGECREST, CALIFORNIA
P86
in front of him and his Northland
Motorsports/AME Grips/MSR
KX450F.
Bell then used experience to
work his way into the lead. "We
had a good pit strategy," he said.
"Jake pitted first so I got by Jake
and got into second. I just about
reeled in Justin, then I saw him
dive into the pits so I'm like, 'All
right, I'm going one more lap,'
and was able to leap-frog him in
the pits.
"So from there, I rode a re-
ally good pace and I was able
to keep Justin behind me, but
Justin and Jake were riding a re-
ally good pace. They even pulled
away from me a little bit in the be-
ginning. I was having to ride re-
ally, really hard."
Seeds said, "I was having is-
sues with the lappers, getting
around them. It's really unfortu-
nate they put some of these guys
with us. [Being a hare scrambles,
all classes raced but were start-
ed in different waves.] I hit one
guy pretty hard. I don't know if he
went down or not. Other times I
almost took myself out because
they'd come to a dead stop in the
corners. I just got held up with
those guys a little bit and Robby
was able to reel me in.
"I gave it a charge there at the
end, then the lappers got in the
Gordon Ward
rode away with
the Vet Expert
win fairly easily
on Saturday.
(Above) Northern California's Tyler
Ducray didn't need to win to claim
the Super Mini Championship in the
AMA West Hare Scrambles, but he
did anyway.
