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overall, thus salvaging some
points after his runner-up finish at
round one. He philosophized, "At
the end of the day, I know I was
fastest. It sucks for champion-
ship [points], but it makes me feel
good knowing I'm up to speed."
Conversely, Johnny Campbell
Racing (JCR) Honda's Brabec
had to recover from a poor start.
"I ended up leaving the [start]
line pretty much last, but the line
that I had was pretty good so I
was near the middle of the pack
[at the bomb]. The first loop was
super-dusty and made it diffi-
cult to pass. Actually, the whole
course was dusty; it was single-
track the whole way so it was
really difficult to make passes. I
just put my head down and rode
safe and made a few mistakes,
but that's how it is racing."
Dicks Racing/Bundy Inc./
Fly Racing YZ450FX-mounted
Howes rode by himself to his
solitary third-place finish ahead
of Chidester Transport/Kenda/
Cycle City of Mountain Home
YZ250-mounted Joseph Was-
son, the FMF Pro 250 winner.
Seventh at round one, reign-
ing series champion Ivan
Ramirez of the FMF KTM Fac-
tory Off-road Racing Team found
it difficult to recover from a bad
start on his Motorex/VP Racing
Fuels/Sidi-sponsored 450 XC-F.
"When I got to the end of the
bomb, I knew it was going to be
a long day with the dust. I tried
to charge and made my way up
to 10th, I think, at the alternate
pit. Starting from there, I started
pushing and pushing. Once I
got to the main pit, I was sixth or
seventh, I think. I knew it was a
little too late for first because we
only had 30 miles left." Ramirez
ended up fourth Pro and fifth
overall less than 24 hours before
embarking on his first rally,
the Sonora Rally in his native
Mexico.
LG Electric Yamaha's Ryan
Smith, Purvines Racing Beta's
Axel Pearson, FMF Pro 250
runner-up Nick Stover on his 3
Bros. KTM, Precision Concepts
Kawasaki rider Max Eddy, Jr.,
and Moose Racing KTM's Jimmy
Jarrett rounded out the top 10
overall.
Mark Kariya
Idaho native
Joseph Wasson
got a great start
and stayed in the
lead pack all day,
easily winning
the FMF Pro 250
class and finishing
fourth overall.
Cody Kurtz got the holeshot in the
Super Mini race with Mason Matties
hounding him until the Yamaha
rider's transmission broke. Kurtz went
unchallenged the rest of the way for his
first career National Youth H&H win.
