OFF ROAD
ROUND 1 / APRIL 4, 2015
MEMPHIS, MISSOURI
P86
PARTS UNLIMITED OFF-ROAD MOTORCYCLE AND ATV NATIONALS
Fun Mart Cycles/Maxxis/
Sidi rider Adam Bonneur tasted
an OMA Pro victory for the first
time in the tightly fought first
moto aboard his 350 XC-F and
followed that with a runner-up
in moto two for second overall.
Four-time OMA champ Jimmy
Jarrett earned third with his 3-3
after leading most of the first
moto aboard his JJR/DA8 Train-
ing 450 XC-F.
The OMAs instituted a new
format for 2015 that has compet-
itors riding two 45-minute motos
separated by a similarly timed
intermission in hopes of creating
tighter, faster-paced racing. It
worked as planned—the shorter
motos demanding more of an
all-out attack from beginning
to end. It rewards sprinters;
marathoners are unable to take
advantage of their endurance,
and mistakes are extremely dif-
ficult to come back from.
"It was really awesome; there
was no pacing going on," Baylor
observed. "The first [moto], you
could've thrown a blanket over
all three of us the whole time
and it was awesome!
"We all had our fair share of
leading. I think Jimmy led the
most, but he made that one
mistake on the last lap blowing
through a turn. The same thing
happened to me on lap one.
"In moto two it kind of sorted
out a little differently. We started
pushing from the start a lot
harder and it was all we had all
[race] long."
The highly populated Pro 2
class provided even more of
that fast-paced action with SRT
KTM's Mark Heresco once again
proving to be the fastest of the
bunch aboard his Kenda-backed
250 XC with a 1-1 in class and
fourth overall. Checkpoint Off
Road Gas Gas 300 rider Nate
Ferderer kept him honest, end-
ing up second in moto one, but
his bid for victory ended with a
broken chain near the end of
moto two. Instead, Duell Murphy
earned runner-up Pro 2 honors
with his 3-2 aboard his MCS
Racing YZ250 with privateer
RM250 racer Shane Klimek third
Pro 2 via a 4-3 day. CN
1. Steward Baylor (KTM) 2-1
2. Adam Bonneur (KTM) 1-2
3. Jimmy Jarrett (KTM) 3-3
4. Mark Heresco (KTM) Pro 2, 1-1
5. Duell Murphy (Yam) Pro 2, 3-2
6. Shane Klimek (Suz) Pro 2, 4-3
7. Jeremy Smith (Yam) Pro 2, 5-4
8. Corey McDonald (Yam) 4-4
9. Zack Sulzberger (KTM) Pro 2, 6-5
10. Austin Wells (KTM) Pro 2, 9-6
Austin Wells (93) earned the
$50 holeshot award in the
Pro 2 class, but teammate
Mark Heresco (412, center)
took the class overall by
winning both motos.
