After having a terrible start, Joe Byrd (7) works his tail off to make it all the way up to 8th for the moto finally making a pass over Tavis Cain (6) of McKinleyville, California who finishes just behind him in 9th.
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After having a terrible start, Joe Byrd (7) works his tail off to make it all the way up to 8th for the moto finally making a pass over Tavis Cain (6) of McKinleyville, California who finishes just behind him in 9th.
While John Natalie is all but gone, the race was further back as Tim Farr (4) made his move over Kory Ellis finally around lap 10 and with less than two laps to go, you can see Doug Gust working his way around Ellis to set his sights on Farr up ahead.
Travis Spader (30) works to hold off the fighting young-buck Patrick Brown (199) and succeeds to finish ahead of him in 6th for the moto.
Pat Brown (199) knew what he was doing as he worked along side Doug Gust for several laps of the moto to collect as many positions as he can until he got hung up by several riders. Finally by lap nine he was able to take three more positions where he ended up riding the bumper of Travis Spader for the rest of it finishing in 7th.
Loosing two positions from the beginning of the moto, Kory Ellis (53) of Murrietta, California went from third to fifth.
Baldwin Honda rider Tim Farr (4) maintained his fourth place from beginning to end working ahead of the once in third Kory Ellis only to loose it to Doug Gust on the next to last lap.
Keith Little (12) of Russellville, Alabama rode a flawless race even when he realized Doug Gust was charging hard from the back of the pack and overtaking those who threatened his position. Gust ran out of time as Little was able to hold him off to the checkers, permanently fixing Little in 2nd while Gust took 3rd.
Doug Gust description of his 1st Moto
The 1st Moto I came out about 10th and I was trying to pass a guy, and I ended up getting passed and started going backwards, so I finally got my act together 3 or 4 laps into it, and I started passing guys moving to within 9 or 10 seconds of the leaders. Then I reeled them in over two laps, and I got around Tim Farr and Kory Ellis. Then I caught up to Keith Little, and I just didn't have enough time as I came right up on him for the checkered flag, and John was pretty much gone."
A visibly exhausted Harold Goodman (708) makes his way back “home” to Pro row on the hill after he finished the hard fought moto in tenth.
John Natalie gives a stoked thumbs up proving it wasn’t a fluke in Florida and his training was apparently starting to pay off as he dominated the moto from start to finish on one of the toughest tracks in the country. Do you think he can do it for moto number two just an hour and a half away?
In my best Arnold Schwarzenegger voice, "I'll be back!"