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Cycle News 2015 Issue 42 October 20

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IN THE WIND P30 BELL SEALS THE DEAL AT PRIMM WORCS P recision Concept's Robby Bell finished off the 2015 Rocky Mountain MC World Off-Road Championship Series, presented by Maxxis and Dirt Bike, on the highest note pos- sible, winning at the WORCS season finale at Buffalo Bill's Casino in Primm, Nevada, Octo- ber 17-18. KTM's Gary Sutherlin finished in the second spot fol- lowed by Justin Seeds. Bell grabbed a thrilling hole- shot followed by his teammate Seeds, but Hinson/Honda's Justin Jones quickly charged past the two and into the lead early in the race. Bell was able to remount a charge and recap- ture the lead when Jones made a pit stop, and this time he held the lead to the checkered flag for the win. "I think that was the best hole- shot of my career," said Bell. "As soon as the bike fired, I was go- ing. From there, I had hoped to start gapping people, but Justin Jones was riding really fast. He passed me in a little S section, so I just stayed on my pace from there. As the race settled in, I was really confident. After the pit stops, I got just ahead of him and he fell out. Then Gary was charging hard. He was catch- ing me a little bit, but then the white flag came out, and I came away with the win, which is how I wanted to finish this season." Sutherlin charged at the end. He was gaining on Bell through the late stages of the race but just ran short of time and fin- ished second in the race and in the 2015 title chase. "I had nothing for Robby and Justin at the beginning," said Sutherlin. "I had arm pump at the beginning of the race, but after getting over that, I started catching them. I put on a charge in the last 45 minutes, but I just ran out of time. I just fell short today. We finished out the season healthy. I'm going to make some big changes in the offseason, and I'll come out swinging next year." Seeds earned his second Robby Bell capped off his championship-win- ning season with a win at the final WORCS round at Primm, Nevada. PHOTOS BY HARLEN FOLEY

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