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really wasn't sure what I was go-
ing to do, pit-wise. As I was going
out on the start of my second
lap, I'm trying to calculate if I can
make three or if I can do two or
whatever, and I know he can usu-
ally go a little bit more than me."
Graffunder decided to err on
the side of caution and pitted
after two laps.
That was all that Burson and
his FMF/Precision Concepts
430 RR needed—and it decided
the race.
"We'd already planned to go
three laps and I didn't know if he
[Graffunder] could," Burson said.
"I saw him pull into the pits be-
cause I was one second behind
him, I think, so I got the lead and
I just tried to pin it that lap and put
down a really fast lap.
"When I pitted, I looked back
and didn't see him anywhere so I
just rode out from there."
Once out front, Burson was
untouchable and enjoyed a pace
that pulled him away with each
lap. Graffunder needed one
more pit stop, of course, and
had to settle for second.
"After seeing how fast Burson
was, I couldn't run that pace," he
admitted.
After getting into third place
early aboard his Bonanza Plumb-
ing KTM 450 XC-F, Coy spent
most of his race battling with
Burson's teammate Axel Pearson.
"We went at it for a couple
laps and he [Pearson] made a
mistake the last lap and I was
able to come out on top," Coy
reported.
Nevada's Justin Wallis came
back from a first-turn crash to
take fifth overall followed by
Steven Godman, Ryan Smith,
Dorsey, FMF 250cc Pro winner
Joey Fiasconaro and Open A
winner Taylor Stevens.
Looking back at how he
predicted this season, Burson
observed, "I kind of planned it
out, which ones I needed to win.
We have two more desert ones
and one more tree one so I've
got to limit the damage at the
next tree one then try to win the
final two and hopefully someone
gets in between us."
He knows it won't be easy,
though: "Cory's good all-
around."
Mark Kariya
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
MARK
KARIYA
(Above) Just a few weeks after
sustaining serious facial injuries
in a crash, Joey Fiasconaro took
his customary place at the top of
the FMF 250cc Pro box, the fourth
time he's done so this year.
(Below) Despite riding the last
two laps with a flat rear tire, Colin
Elliott managed to snag the lead
on the last lap and win Super Mini
in his first try at the series.