OFF ROAD
ROCKY MOUNTAIN ATV-MC WORLD OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 4 / MARCH 12, 2017
CRAZY HORSE CAMPGROUND / LAKE HAVASU CITY, ARIZONA
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"I knew it was going to be a
long race, so I put down a pace
that I knew I could survive," said
Yorba. "On the second lap, I
went over the bars pretty hard. I
got going again and slowly made
some passes, found myself
in fourth and made it home. I
haven't been making it easy on
myself this year. I have the starts
and I just need to get the rest of
the race down."
Justin Seeds charged hard
at the beginning of the race.
He admitted to getting tired and
overheated in the difficult condi-
tions and was pleased to come
out with a top five.
"I had a lot of confidence
third podium of the season.
"I felt pretty good until about
30 minutes to go and then I
threw out the anchor," said Bell.
"I had a decent start and I was
holding a good pace. I started
feeling hot. Gary was coming
and I couldn't hold him off. I
can't make excuses; I put ev-
erything I could into it. I'm going
to be feeling this race for a few
days."
Eric Yorba scored his best fin-
ish of the 2017 WORCS season
after coming off a podium last
weekend in the WCGP/Big 6
race at Glen Helen. He recov-
ered from a hard crash on the
second lap to snag fourth.
more lap, and he had hoped to
challenge Thompson at the end.
Unfortunately for him, his calcu-
lations didn't pan out.
"I just let Blayne get a little too
far out in the middle of the race,"
said Sutherlin. "I thought I timed
it right, but the white flag came
out with 11 minutes left. I thought
we were going to two more laps,
so it was my fault for not pinning
it early enough to get around
Blayne. It's a bummer to put in
that much effort and come up a
lap short."
Bell simply ran out of condi-
tioning at the end of the race,
but the defending champ hung
on to finish third, earning his
Gary Sutherlin
seeks out the
coolest line at the
traditionally hot
Havasu race. He
went on to finish
second.
