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Area KTM 300 XC. "I knew I was
out of shape so I stood up and
people kept wrecking in front of
me, honestly, so I eventually got
in the lead. I didn't want to be
there so I dropped back and let
a couple guys by me. They were
battling pretty hard and I could
just key off their lines, save en-
ergy. The last lap I just put it all
out so I didn't get caught."
Hart finished in two hours, 53
minutes and 58 seconds, with
Bolin taking second in 2:55:11.
Having secured the FMF Pro
250 Championship at the previ-
ous round, Baker entered the
Pro class this time and gave a
good accounting, still aboard the
IMS/Shorai/Sidi 250 XC he'd
won the championship with. One
of the early leaders, he earned
third overall in 2:57:29 with Ger-
ston fourth and the last rider to
finish under three hours with his
2:59:30.
"I would've liked to have won
it and I probably could've, but
I was trying to be smart and I
just wanted to get through it,"
Gerston said. "I'm not going to
play the coulda, woulda, shoulda
game. I had a blast; I was re-
ally enjoying myself, and I just
wanted to make sure me and my
bike and everything got the fin-
ish line in one big, nice piece so
I can put a big number-one plate
on my bike and drive home and
be able to sleep tonight."
SRT KTM's Steven Godman,
FMF Pro 250 winner Patrick
Garrahan, EMT Racing KTM's
Conatser (who'd clinched
second FMF Pro 250 last
month), GasGas rider Joey
Fiasconaro, Purvines DA8
Racing Yamaha's Axel
Pearson and FMF Pro 250
runner-up Dillon Sheppard
rounded out the top 10
overall.
Defending series champ
Nick Burson ended up 12th
overall, the Purvines DA8
Racing Yamaha rider slowed
after Godman bounced off
his front brake in a banzai
pass at a bottleneck, requir-
ing a pit stop to replace the
system.
Mark Kariya
AA:
1. Trystan Hart (KTM)
2. Devan Bolin (KTM)
3. JT Baker (KTM)
4. Max Gerston (Bet)
5. Steve Godman (KTM)
6. Pat Garrahan (KTM)
7. Cole Conatser (KTM)
8. Joey Fiasconaro (KTM)
9. Axel Pearson (Yam)
10. Dillon Shepard (Yam)
(Top) Fourth place was more than
enough to wrap up the series
championship for Max Gerston. That's
Beta team manager Rodney Smith on the
far left. (Above) With Super Mini champ
Mason Matthies moving up to the 250cc
A class for this round, Riley Doyle took
over as top dog in the class, winning for
the third time this season.
