OFF ROAD
SCORE WORLD DESERT CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 4 / NOVEMBER 16, 2017
LA PAZ, B.C., MEXICO
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said Harris who finished out the
race for the Arrendondo B Team.
"I was feeling really good but I
had some issues with the bike
and I had to bust out the tool
belt. Unfortunately, my buddy
Ray [Dal Soglio] got by me. I
pulled up my bootstraps and
tried to send it but I got sketchy
a few times and it just wasn't in
the cards for us today. I felt like
it was a good showing for the
first run of the 44x bike. We had
a sprocket and chain issue but
I'm not really sure what it was.
We changed out everything we
could."
The 33X Garrett Off-Road
Racing CRF450X of Skyler
rode like a mad man until I got
it into third. The whoops were
gnarly and I just kept pushing
through and I kept seeing more
and more dust. Sure enough I
saw them [the third place motor-
cycle] pulled over and never saw
them again."
Arredondo's 44X "B" team
(Arredondo, Tommy Harris,
Brad Millikan, Grant Statley and
Troy Vanscourt) was fourth in
23:43:05.
"That was an exciting ride,"
the transmission at the end
which made us worried. We
didn't know if the bike was go-
ing to hold up from Loreto to the
finish and Justin had to adjust
his riding at the end."
Esposito commented on their
championship chase: "This has
been a big commitment; to do
it these last two years has been
really serious for us as a team,
going for it, so it'll be a big relief
[to finally win it]."
Dal Soglio's 3X team ended
up third overall in 23:02:10.
"It feels good to be here and
I rode like a mad man," said Dal
Soglio. "I got the bike in fourth
place and 20 minutes down and
When in Baja: Since the restaurant at
their hotel was closed, the Bonanza
Plumbing/Monster Energy/Ox
Motorsports team rented the space,
using it for a private workshop.
