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the Tuff Blocks, and their battle
resumed right down to the finish.
The race for the win came
down to the final turns and it
was Seeds coming out on top,
as they finish line nearly side
by side. Officially, Seeds took
the checkers 0.571 of a second
ahead of Damon.
"This has been a long time
coming," said Seeds. "I'm
bummed for Gary breaking, but
racing is racing and we all have
issues. Travis and I had a race to
our own and we battled it out for
the win. After that last-lap crash,
I struggled to get my bike back
up. Travis came in hot and we
both got into each other. It was
intense. He was faster than I was
in the sand. I knew in the rocks
that I was faster than he was. I
saw him leave that door open,
and I got him in that last corner. I
got my first Pro podium here and
now I got my first win."
"Justin just came out of
nowhere on that last lap and I
wasn't going to give it to him eas-
ily," said Damon. "Coming into
the scoring chute, I heard him
let off the gas and I just sent it,
but I ended up in a Tuff Block.
We were going back and forth in
the dunes and then side by side
in some sketchy rocks. We both
had different lines and he just
got me right before the transpon-
der chute. I am so pumped for
this podium."
Despite a big crash on the first
lap, Michael Del Fante (Yamaha)
finished a distant third but he
was happy to get on the Pro
podium for the first time.
(Left) Justin Seeds
recorded his first
WORCS win, which
came at Sand
Hollow in Utah.
(Right) Dante
Oliviera came away
with the Pro 2-class
victory.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
HARLEN
FOLEY
