VOL. 53 ISSUE 48 DECEMBER 6, 2016 P57
CHAMPIONSHIP
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY
BY MARK KARIYA
M
axxis/FMF/RPM Racing
KTM's Eric Yorba knows
how to win champion-
ships so going into the eighth
and final round of the AMA Dis-
trict 37/MSR Big 6 Grand Prix
Series with a comfortable points
lead, he felt no real pressure.
His closest rival, Blayne
Thompson, had switched bikes
just before round seven and
faced a must-win situation,
while Yorba could wrap it up by
finishing fifth or better no matter
what Fasthouse Honda-mounted
Thompson did at the Vikings
Motorcycle Club's 12th Annual
Vikings Grand Prix in the AMA
Big 6 West Coast Grand Prix
(WCGP) Series feature race at
every Big 6.
