Taylor duo had their work cut out
for them aboard their Star Nursery
CRF450RX.
"We just rode super-smart,
picked good lines and tried to
stay out of the dust as much as
possible when we could," Honea
shared. "You've just got to pick
your choices through the dust and
choose your battles.
"Tallon got [Parker] Steele that
last lap and we ended up in third
[physically but second on time]."
The Myers/Stevens team
seemed to have an uphill battle
early on aboard their Husky FX
450. Myers explained, "About the
first 15 to 20 miles when I got on
the bike [at the Midway pit 27 miles
into the loop], I crashed pretty hard
and bent the bars and broke the
throttle. We just rode through it
and managed [to keep going]. I'm
just a little scraped up and we lost
the tracker, but other than that,
the bike still rode good—just a little
lopsided!"
For last year's winner and de-
fending series champ Jacob Argu-
bright, the day was frustrating. He
picked up a spot on the Chidester
Transport Racing team after losing
his ride with the Rockstar Energy
Husqvarna Factory Team, but on
Wednesday, he came down with
the flu and lined up at far less than
100 percent.
Fifth off the line and soloing
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(Left) Skyler Howes fired
the first shot of the BITD
season, leading from start
to finish and easily winning
despite riding solo.
(Below) Brothers Deegan
and Jeremy Newton
teamed up for the first
time and proved to be
nearly as fast as many
Open bikes, easily taking
the 300cc Pro win.
