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the third race in a row aboard his
Motul/SRT/Klim 390 RR, which
moved him into the points lead
for the first time, unofficially.
"I had fun," he said. "I re-
ally want to win one of these.
Consistency is great, though. If
there's any quality you want in
the West Hare Scrambles, it's
consistency. Balls to the wall
isn't necessarily the way to go.
I'll take another second; it's all
good.
"Ty was riding really good
today—he was on fire!"
After being sick all week (in addition to the added
stress of his grandfather's funeral), Purvines DA8
Racing Yamaha's Burson was thankful for his third
podium in a row, even if he lost the series points
lead to Gerston, 104-102, unofficially.
"I kind of struggled in the beginning," John Burr
Cycles/Precision Concepts/Thor YZ450FX-mount-
ed Burson admitted. "I was coughing the whole way
down the creek—just couldn't catch my breath, snot
running out of my nose. It felt like I didn't train a day
in my life! It's the roughest [course] I've ever rid-
den, probably.
"I don't think I had very much fun today."
But he probably had more fun than teammate
Axel Pearson who had a horrible start on his DP
Brakes/FMF/6D Helmets-backed YZ450FX and
found his late-race charge thwarted by several
crashes ranging from simple tip-overs to major
get-offs.
He picked himself up each time, though, and
came in fourth, unofficially keeping his fourth in
points with 79.
IRC Tires Yamaha rider Justin Bonita followed
in fifth with SRT KTM's Steven Godman, FMF
Pro 250 winner (for the fourth time this season)
J.T. Baker, Six Five O Racing/GasGas rider
Joey Fiasconaro and FMF Pro 250cc riders
Cole Conatser and Morgan Crawford rounding
out the top 10.
Mark Kariya
1. Ty Tremaine (KTM)
2. Max Gerston (Bet)
3. Nick Burson (Yam)
4. Axel Pearson (Yam)
5. Justin Bonita (Yam)
6. Steven Godman (KTM)
7. J.T. Baker (Hus)
8. Joey Fiasconaro (Gas)
9. Cole Conatser (KTM)
10. Morgan Crawford (KTM)
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
MARK
KARIYA
SRT Husqvarna's
J.T. Baker skirts
the Pro/AA/A-
only waterfall on
the very rough,
technical five-mile
loop, but he took
it in stride, riding
to his fourth FMF
Pro 250 triumph.
Mason
Matthies
extended his
points lead
in the Big
Wheel class
by winning
for the third
time as
the season
reached
its halfway
point.
