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ing against you. The fact that
I managed to do this time and
time again with some good
competition, it's soooo reward-
ing! It's unbelievable. It just feels
so good."
Brown was happy to celebrate
a dominant win in the 40+ Pro
class in his first-ever attempt at
the World Vet MX. The not-ex-
actly-retired motocrosser-turned-
off-roader put on a clinic on Sat-
urday in a warm-up for Sunday's
30+ Pro race (where he also
got on the podium). While the
Dubach/Nicoll battle raged in
his wake, Brown sailed to victory
by a comfortable margin, with a
flat front tire in the second moto,
no less.
Dubach collected second
with his 2-2 ahead of Kenjiro
Tsuji who edged out Nicoll for
third overall. A terrible start left
Nicoll outside the top 20 on the
first lap, and he was only able to
salvage fourth place while Tsuji
(pronounced "2G" as his jersey
reads) nabbed the podium posi-
tion with his 4-3.
The "kids" in the 30+ class
highlighted Sunday's program,
with Brett Metcalfe taking a 1-1
victory for the overall ahead of
Mike Brown. Jason Potter of
Spokane, Washington collected
third with a 3-5 finish, making it a
podium of all newcomers to the
event. Like Brown, Metcalfe was
racing the World Vet MX for the
first time ever. The 33-year-old
received some help from Tony
Alessi in getting his MotoCon-
cepts Honda together in time
for the event. With only three
days on the new bike, Metcalfe
treated himself to victory.
Sunday's action was compli-
cated by a decent amount of
rain in the morning, which was
rather unexpected. The steady
downfall effectively soaked the
track, leaving a muddy mess for
the first motos, with the 30+ Pro
and 50+ Pro classes getting the
worst of it.
"The first [moto] was really
raining heavy for us," said Met-
calfe. "It was pretty tough. I think
everybody had to throw their
goggles off. I took a pretty good
shot, a rock in the eye. That was
a little pain there for a little bit.
It's just raining; what do you do?
I'm still glad I got the holeshot
and able to get the lead and hold
Mike Brown made his
first appearance at the
event a good one, taking
a win in 40+ Pro and a
podium in Sunday's 30+
Pro division.
