Yorba closing the gap with 116,
but both are mathematically out
of the hunt for the number-one
plate.
"Right now, I'm not even wor-
ried about the championship,"
Monster Energy/Lava Propane/
Answer Racing CRF450RX-
mounted Bell said. "I'm here to
have fun and learn about the
off-road scene. I'm doing some
hare & hounds next year and
some WORCS stuff so we're
just testing the waters, getting
everything sorted out.
"Myself, I'm used to 35-minute
motos and this is an hour and a
half. Luckily, I can sprint really
well and I got myself to a really
good lead [after] I got the hole-
shot, so I was like 20 seconds
[in front]. Then I pitted; they got
by me so I rode behind Yorba
and actually saw some really
good lines he had so I picked up
on those.
"They pitted [so I passed them
back] and I kind of rode my own
race from then."
Stewart described the stop
for his Lucas Oil/Pro Circuit/Fly
Racing CRF450RX: "Luckily, I
had a really smooth pit and kind
of gained a little bit of time on
Zach, but it wasn't enough to get
it done today."
The last half of the race saw
Yorba pressing hard on his
AHM/ProTaper/Klim 450 XC-F,
and he closed the gap on Stew-
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(Above) Zach Bell (100) pulled
the holeshot and went on to win
the WCGP for the fourth time, but
Trevor Stewart (75) and Eric Yorba
(1) stayed close.
Beau Baron took the
WCGP Pro II points
lead by winning the
class after a tough
battle with eventual
runner-up Clay
Hengeveld.
Stewart, 184-155. Rocky Moun-
tain ATV-MC/Precision Con-
cepts Kawasaki's Justin Seeds
remains third in points at 121
after finishing fourth on the day
with defending series champ
