VOL. 53 ISSUE 35 SEPTEMBER 7, 2016 P29
His teammate kept him honest
the entire race, but Stump was
able to hold him off to take his
second win of the season.
"That first main I got third
place, and the only thing that
held me back and kept me from
doing better was just the start,"
Stump said. "It's really hard
to pass here. There's a lot of
guys that come from a dirt-track
background and they're on the
gas early. So when you have
that much traction right out of
the corner it's kind of hard to set
people up.
"The second race I just got
off the start really well. I got the
holeshot. I knew where I was
stronger than Dustin [Hoffman].
He comes from a moto back-
ground. I come from a dirt track,
flat track, road-race background.
So I'm a little more risky on the
pavement, which worked in my
favor tonight."
Taking third was Narbonne
who held off McAllister in the
final moments. The series-points
leader made his move in the
first dirt section, but the New
Hampshire native was not going
to give up the position to McAl-
lister. O'Hara was able to slip
past McAllister in the process to
take fourth, relegating McAllister
to fifth. As such, McAllister was
unable to clinch his third-straight
title a round early, but heads
to Tucson with a comfortable
46-point lead over Hoffman.
Pulling double duty in both
classes, Josh McLean continues
to thrive in Pro Lites. The Austra-
lian worked his way to the front
of the pack from the inverted grid
and held off a determined Nicky
Reimer on the Tri-County Pow-
ersports Husqvarna to take his
second-straight win in Pro-Lites.
"It's everything," McLean said
about the win. "It makes the trip
worth it. It's good to come over
and finish fourth and fifth in the
open class, but to get a win, it
makes the 24 hours of traveling
worthwhile."
Joining the pair on the podium
was Dallas Daniels on the Fat
Boy Racing Yamaha.
Lean Six Sigma Racing's Josh
Jackson soldiered on in spite
of a knee injury and was able to
maintain his points lead as his
title rival Cameron Welsh fared
worse. The Welsh Racing Ya-
maha rider got held up in a first-
lap incident and finished eighth
behind Jackson. Defending Pro
Lites champ Reimer made the
most gains, moving up into the
second spot in the champion-
ship, two points behind Jack-
son. Welsh now sits third, six
points behind the leader.
In the Amateur National class,
Monarch Honda's Malcolm
Barker took his second win of
the year and moved back into
the points lead. He now holds a
five-point lead over Lee Schmidt
going into the final round in
Tuscon.
Fifty-six-year-old Mike Suratt
held off Dean Frey to win the
battle for second. In fourth was
Schmidt and rounding out the
top five was Joe Agley. CN
PRO OPEN RESULTS
Race One:
1. Dustin Hoffman (KTM)
2. Gage McAllister (KTM)
3. Eric Stump (KTM)
4. Joshua McLean (Hus)
5. Shane Narbonne (Hon)
Race Two:
1. Eric Stump (KTM)
2. Dustin Hoffman (KTM)
3. Shane Narbonne (Hon)
4. Tyler O'Hara (Hon)
5. Gage McAllister (KTM)
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
ANDREA
WILSON
Eric Stump got a
win of his own in
the second race.
