CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES PRESENTED BY MAXXIS AND DIRT BIKE
VOL. 54 ISSUE 13 APRIL 4, 2017 P99
breathing room. I thought I might
be able to catch Tremaine, but I
just didn't have enough speed."
Seeds had difficulties with
visibility in the dimly lit parking lot
sections. Once Bell passed him,
he battled back and he ran a
conservative pace from there to
guard his third place in points.
"The track was pretty dark
and I wasn't able to see what I
was hitting," said Seeds. "So I
rode tight. Then Robby got past
me and I made that little mistake
in the endurocross section. I
caught up, but I played it safe to
second in the title chase, 24
points behind Sutherlin.
"I had a three- or four-kick
start, so I was pretty far back
at the start," said Bell. "I sur-
vived the chaos for the first lap
or two, picked off some guys
and picked up a podium. That
was a blast; I love racing here in
Vegas. This different arena-style
course is cool for the series and
cool for the fans. Justin and I
had a pretty good battle there for
a little bit. Once I got in front of
him, he had an issue in the logs
and that gave me a little bit of
[Bell] is riding really well and it
was nice to see Ty [Tremaine]
back here on the west coast.
You can't ever let up on these
guys."
Tremaine hadn't originally
planned to compete in this race.
He decided to enter when he
was passing through Las Vegas.
Also an experienced Enduro-
Cross racer, Tremaine made
easy work of the different racing
surfaces.
"I was doing the GNCC circuit
and it wasn't really working as
well as I would have liked, so we
were headed back west and Las
Vegas was on the way home,"
said Tremaine. "I figured I would
stop and race. Being on a 250,
I knew I was at a disadvantage,
but I ended up doing pretty well.
The course was a lot different
than what I'm used to, being that
it was half dirt, half asphalt and
half inside, half outside. You had
to be good at riding logs, riding
dirt and riding asphalt so it was
interesting. Reading the terrain
at night was also difficult. I knew
Gary was going to be right there.
I was looking forward to battling
him, but he was riding so well."
Bell, on the Rocky Mountain
ATV-MC/Precision Concepts
Kawasaki, had a slow start.
Quickly making his way through
the field on the first lap, he
battled with his teammate Seeds
for several laps before taking
the last spot on the podium. He
was pleased to snag his third
consecutive podium and fourth
overall this season. He now sits
Dante Oliveira topped the Pro 2 class.
