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last lap was a harsh lap because
of my hands [blistering badly]."
In the top 10 off the start on
his FMF/Maxxis/MSR KX450F,
Robby Bell said, "I got up into
fifth then lost a little bit of the tow
from the front four. The second
lap, I started to find my rhythm.
By the third lap, I got by Jeff
Loop, then I know Eric Yorba
had a little mechanical issue so
he had to lay off so that got me
into third and that's pretty much
where I stayed the whole time.
Zach and Blayne were pretty
much checked out."
Former motocrosser Del
Fante (SignArt MX.com/DA8
Training/Alias Yamaha YZ450F)
got on the Pro podium for only
the second time, matching his
finish at last year's series finale.
"Robby got around me in the
beginning and I latched on to him
and found some good lines from
him so that was really good," Del
Fante said. "I just knew if I could
stay behind him, I'd be in a good
spot towards the end."
Robby Bell's teammate Justin
Seeds finished fourth and Ox
Motorsports Honda's Mark
Samuels equaled his best series
finish at fifth. He was followed
across the finish line by Thomp-
son, Johnny Campbell Racing
Honda's Trevor Stewart, come-
from-behind WCGP Pro II winner
Beau Baron, WCGP Open
Expert winner Dante Oliviera and
WCGP Open Expert runner-up
Logan Chambers.
Queen of Adelanto Brandy
Richards repeated as WCGP
Women Pro winner and the
ageless Gordon Ward won three
classes on his John Burr Cycles
YZ450F, including impressive
back-to-back victories in the
Magnum and Veteran races as
well as the Seniors on Sunday.
Mark Kariya
WCGP PRO
1. Zach Bell (Hon)
2. Robby Bell (Kaw)
3. Michael Del Fante (Yam)
4. Justin Seeds (Kaw)
5. Mark Samuels (Hon)
Beau Baron
won the WCGP
Pro II class over
teammate Mitch
Anderson and
TM-mounted Nick
Stover.
Gordon
Ward proved
unbeatable,
winning all
three classes he
entered.
