OFF ROAD
AMA DISTRICT 37/MSR BIG 6 GRAND PRIX SERIES
FINAL ROUND / DECEMBER 3-4, 2016
ELSINORE MOTORSPORTS PARK / LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA
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triple step-up [off the start] and
take off,' and that's kind of what I
did," Loop said.
"I don't know what happened
to Eric the first lap. He was
behind me, then he wasn't, and
I [finally] saw him coming and
I knew we were going to have
a battle. It was fun. I'm stoked!
I wanted to win, but I'll take a
second."
Yorba disappeared from the
front momentarily because he'd
stalled his Motorex/Klim/Motor-
cycle Superstore.com 450 XC-F
a couple times in the opening
laps, though it didn't take him
long to recover.
"I wanted to push but not
push over my head," he said. "I
definitely was thinking long-term,
There was no beating Yorba
at Elsinore Motorsports Park,
though. After finally putting
persistent Fasthouse Yamaha
rider Jeff Loop away for good in
the last part of the 90-minute,
$2000 race, Yorba chalked up
his fourth triumph of the season
with Loop holding on for second
and Thousand Oaks Yamaha's
Michael del Fante third.
Former MX pro Loop got
the best start of the bunch on
his Maxxis/John Burr Cycles/
EVS-backed YZ450F ahead of
Rocky Mountain ATV-MC/Preci-
sion Concepts Kawasaki's Justin
Seeds, del Fante, Thompson
and the rest of the field.
"I told my dad, 'I'm going to
pull the holeshot and huck that
(Above) Early-season points
leader Blayne Thompson
finished fourth place and
ended up second in the WCGP
Championship. (Below) Eric
Yorba rode off with his fourth
win of the season to seal the
Big 6 championship for the
second time in his career.
