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Cycle News 2016 Issue 02 January 19

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"I was out in second and I hit a fat mud puddle and a bunch of water got on my air filter so my bike wasn't really going and a bunch of guys passed me back. "I was able to get the bike cleared out eventually and I got them all back. "Ty Tremaine, his bike broke so I was able to take over the lead and stayed out front." A record 754 riders showed up for the weekend. Round two will be in Central California next month. Mark Kariya VOL. 53 ISSUE 2 JANUARY 19, 2016 P33 and I was running from first to third for the first half of the race. "I ended up not pitting when they did and it threw me off. I lost the pace a little bit and I was back so I just rode my own race; I just tried to flow and not make any mistakes. "I don't remember the last time I did a three-hour race. I was kind of stressing on that part!" Northern California native Steven Godman rounded out the podium with his third place on his SRT/Mach 1 Motors- ports KTM 250 XC, his first series podium since 2014. "Man, I just had a smile on my face the whole race," he de- clared. "It was Sloppy Joe-mud- dy out there. It was super-fun. I got to mix it up with factory KTM guys; that was super-cool!" Klim Yamaha-mounted Justin Bonita and FMF/Maxxis/RPM Racing KTM's Travis Coy round- ed out the top five overall. Fellow NorCal racer Dante Oliveira dominated the FMF 250cc Pro class after his FMF/ RPM teammate, early leader Ty Tremaine, DNFed on lap two. Oliveira proved untouchable and enjoyed a cushion of more than three minutes over class runner- up Max Parker with Jonathan Godman almost two minutes farther back. "I got an alright start and was able to pass a bunch of guys at the beginning," Oliveira recalled. While AMA Hare & Hound National Champ Ivan Ramirez is more at home in the desert, he proved able to get the job done in the mud as well. Two-time and reigning series champ Cory Graffunder was headed for the win at Prairie City, but a bike issue left him walking back to the pits.

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