OFF ROAD
AMA DISTRICT 37/MAXXIS BIG 6 GRAND PRIX SERIES
ROUND 8 / DECEMBER 9-10, 2017
LAKE HAVASU CITY, ARIZONA
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which I'm happy [about]. I defi-
nitely would've liked to be farther
up and tried to defend my title
a little bit better, but it's all right.
We'll hit the reset button and
come back swinging at [round
one in] Adelanto."
Fourth overall and first WCGP
Pro II belonged to Trail Jesters
KTM rider Ben Kelley, another
visitor from the East Coast. Com-
ing from the second row with the
other Pro II riders, he had a lot
of riders to pass, especially after
he fell in the first turn aboard his
FMF/Renthal/Troy Lee Designs
250 XC-F.
place finish for the defending
series champ, giving him third
in final series points with 137
behind Bell's 184 and Stewart's
155.
"It definitely wasn't what I
expected," Yorba said. "I had a
lot of bad luck this year, crashing
out of the first race and the sec-
ond race having a mechanical
[issue putting me in 10th]. Then
at Ridgecrest, to lead pretty
much the entire race then run
out of gas, that was definitely a
bummer. Surprisingly with all my
misfortune this year, I was able
to still land third in the series,
"Thad would close on me
a little there; I wasn't gapping
him—we were matching each
other's pace the whole race,
then I opened up a little bit of
a lead after we gassed. Then
I think I got a rock in my brake
pedal and the brakes were lock-
ing up just a tad.
"As soon as he got around
me, that was all she wrote."
Duvall led the final two laps,
winning by 31 seconds with
Yorba another 49 seconds back
in third aboard his Acerbis/DP
Brakes/Klim 450 XC-F. That was
the second consecutive third-
Despite falling
in the first turn,
Ben Kelley put
in a determined
ride to fourth
overall and
first WCGP Pro
II. Fellow New
Englander Josh
Toth claimed
second Pro II.
