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as I can. I'm doing everything I
can to get back into the champi-
onship."
After five rounds and miss-
ing two of them, Robert is now
fourth in the championship, 12
points behind third-place Bell,
and 32 points behind leader
Giacomo Redondi, who was
third in Utah, about 10 seconds
behind Bell.
"I tried to latch onto Taylor
and learn some of his lines, but
I made a big mistake in the back
and got tangled up in the ban-
ners," said Bell. "I was riding
well all day, but Taylor has that
edge on us. I have a good, long
break now to work on myself,
and go on to bigger and better
things."
It took Redondi several laps
to come to grips with the high-
speed sections of the track.
Despite the learning curve, the
Italian racer padded his points
lead with his fourth consecutive
podium.
"This is my first race at this
speed, but I really enjoyed it,"
said Redondi. "I got a little bit of
arm pump at the beginning, but
I closed up on Zach for the last
two laps. We gained two points
on Sutherlin, so this is good for
the championship."
Defending champion Gary
Sutherlin (Suzuki) was fourth.
He ran third for most of the race
before falling to fourth in the
second half. He remains second
in points.
"I took an early pit and Gia-
como got in front of me," said
Sutherlin. "I was chasing him
down and ended up fourth. We
have three months off now, so
we'll do some development on
the bike and some good solid
training. We'll come back and
put that thing back on the top of
the box."
Eric Yorba (KTM) was fifth.
In Pro 2, Austin Serpa (KTM)
won his second race in a row.
Tallon LaFountaine (Husqvarna)
finished second and Mitch An-
derson (KTM) third.
Serpa has come on strong at
the last few races. He took the
holeshot and never surrendered
the lead, riding clean air for the
whole race.
"The dust worked in my favor,"
said Serpa. "I was able to put
the hammer down and put some
time on people with a clear
track. I got sick and tired of not
finishing on the podium, so I just
starting kicking my own butt."
LaFountaine made his second
WORCS start of the season. He
debuted a new Three Brothers/
STI Husqvarna here and notched
his second podium finish of the
season.
Austin Serpa
came away with
the Pro 2-class
victory.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
HARLEN
FOLEY
