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"I was riding really tentative
the first half and Ricky [Brabec]
rode great," Sutherlin admitted.
"The first 40 miles I think he
put a minute on me. He left me.
He was pinning it and Ivan was
keeping me honest. It was good
racing the first loop and I knew it
was going to go like that all three
loops."
Indeed it did, until Brabec saw
his chances evaporate on the
second loop.
"Unfortunately on the second
loop I made a few mistakes, got
lost and Gary [Sutherlin] got
around me," Brabec said.
Even more costly was hit-
ting a rock and putting a hole in
the case on his Braking/DA8
Training/O'Neal KX450F. Adding
oil at the pit stop let Brabec get
to the finish in third place—his
worst finish of the season so far.
That left Ramirez as Suther-
lin's only realistic challenger,
but he was unable to repeat his
round-three triumph, finishing
almost a minute and a half be-
hind Sutherlin. However, moving
into the points lead with Brabec
undoubtedly removed most of
Ramirez' disappointment.
Purvines Racing Beta's Nick
Burson rode to a lonely fourth
followed by Zip-Ty Racing
Husqvarna's Dalton Shirey, the
only FMF 250cc Pro winner
this season. Howes, Purvines
Racing Beta's Axel Pearson,
Precision Concepts Yamaha's
Justin Morgan, PCI Race Radios
KTM's David Kamo and LG
Electric/EPM Engineering/
Rick's Custom Shutters YZ450F-
mounted Ryan Smith rounded
out the top 10.
Mark Kariya
(Left) Gary Sutherlin took control
of the last half of the race to
become the first two-time winner
of the season.
(Below) Though he's podiumed
four times before, Hayden Hintz
had never won Super Mini until the
very windy Virgin Voyage, which he
dominated.
