OFF ROAD
AMA DISTRICT 37/MAXXIS BIG 6 GRAND PRIX SERIES
ROUND 8 / DECEMBER 9-10, 2017
LAKE HAVASU CITY, ARIZONA
P42
Johnny Campbell Racing [JCR]
Honda's Trevor Stewart com-
ing into the race and Stewart
was a no-show due to a broken
finger, though he had second in
points wrapped up.) Obviously, I
wanted to race with these guys,
but the bigger picture was to fin-
ish the season strong [and seal
the championship]. I got myself
into a good position and I just let
those guys go at it."
"I had a smile on my face the
whole time," Duvall said. "It was
just something different and it
beatdown was Ox Motorsports
Honda's Zach Bell wrapping up
the series championship in his
first year after a safe fifth-place
finish aboard his Lava Pro-
pane/Monster Energy/Answer
Racing-backed CRF450RX. In
fact, he got a great start and
found himself running near the
front in the early going, though
when Russell, Duvall and others
worked past, he decided to play
it safe, saying, "Today was just
to get it across the finish line.
(He carried a 29-point lead over
Coast Grand Prix (WCGP) Series
feature race over 2016 series
champ Eric Yorba of the Maxxis/
FMF/RPM Racing KTM squad.
Adding further to West Coast
pride, Trail Jesters KTM rider
Ben Kelley put in a come-from-
behind ride to win the Pro II
class over new FMF KTM signee
Josh Toth, series regular Clay
Hengeveld rounding out that
podium on his Northland Motor-
sports Kawasaki.
Almost overlooked in the
excitement of the East-West
Despite crashing
once, Thad Duvall
was able to regroup
and catch back up to
regular East Coast
rival Russell. He then
went on to win his
first-ever Big 6 West
Coast GP.
