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Cycle News 2017 Issue 06 February 14

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as they headed down a fast, rough, five-mile-long powerline road. Beta's Joe Wasson blitzed past to lead momentarily but crashed hard and had to be flown to a hospital in El Paso, Texas, where he underwent surgery a few hours later for a compound fracture of his forearm and severely dislocated wrist. Shortly after that, Sutherlin took over and held the lead the rest of the way. "I really needed this," he said. "I made a couple quick passes and put my head down. Just made sure I paid attention to markings and charged and got a good little gap. "The second loop, I kind of made a wrong [rear] tire choice [to begin with, going with a pure sand tire]. I was just being easy with it, riding smooth. Ricky was about 30 seconds [behind] going into the last loop so I just put my head down the last loop and charged really hard and stretched it out and made sure I had a comfy little lead." Lucas Oil/Pro Circuit/Fly Racing CRF450X-mounted Brabec said, "I got one of my famous dead-last starts. "Gary got a good start. I tried to make up as much time as I could, but with Gary and me having the same [training] program back at home—we live a mile away from each other so we burn in trails together, we ride trails together and do VOL. 54 ISSUE 6 FEBRUARY 14, 2017 P35 After three podiums last year, 15-year-old Tyler Lynn claimed his first win in the FMF Pro 250 class. Though he didn't end up with the holeshot, Gary Sutherlin (324) led most of the rest of the way for his first win of the season. Ricky Brabec (7) was second. than-normal area available for the bomb run. It was more like a Supercross start except with dead engines and when the green flag waved, Sutherlin got to the first turn on the inside with a slight lead aboard his John Burr Cycles/FMF/THOR-backed YZ450FX, but Ryan Smith's wider line allowed him to grab the lead on his SRT/Rick's Custom Shut- ter & Blinds/O'Neal YZ450FX

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