The JCR/Honda squad did not disappoint. As the green flag dropped and the race got underway the two teams went straight at it. The A team of Kendall Norman and Timmy Weigand took the early lead. Then as Baja has a way of doing, Kendall hit a rock around Zoo road and rode a fifty foot nose wheelie until ultimately slamming down hard and knocking him silly. Kendall got up as quick as possible, shook it off and went right back after the lead. This would be the case for the entire race as both bikes would cat and mouse back and forth all the way to the finish line. The Team B team of Colton Udall, Quinn Cody and Jeff Kargola took the lead for a good portion of the race and looked like they may just pull off the unthinkable. Ultimately they would have to settle for a well earned 2nd place to the JCR/Honda A team of Kendall Norman and Timmy Weigand. NBC was everywhere and caught all the action, tension and excitement of the race.
Wayne Matlock, El Cajon, Calif., led a team to the Overall ATV and Class 25 victory for the third time in the last four years and second consecutive year in this race on a Honda TRX700X. He split the riding time equally with co-riders Harold Goodman Jr., Brownstown, Mich., and Josh Caster, El Cajon, Calif. Goodman was part of last year’s winning team with Matlock while this was Caster’s first.
Among the other motorcycle class winners were teams led by Carlos Casa, Chula Vista, Calif. (Class 21, Honda CRF450X), Brian Campbell, Bakersfield, Calif. (Class 40, KTM 450XCF), Hector Castillo, Calexico, Calif., (Class 20, Yamaha WR250) and Ramon Isuarieta, Mexico City (Class 60, Honda CRF450X). Winning the ATV Class 24 was the team led by defending SCORE Desert Series point champion Craig Christy, Burbank, Calif., on a Honda TRX450R. The fastest overall Sportsman motorcycle was ridden by a team led by Jeff Leonard, Bakersfield, Calif., who rode a Honda CRF450X to win the SPT M/C 250cc class. Leading the Sportsman ATV classes was the hometown team led by Manuel Jimenez, San Felipe, Mexico, on a Honda TRX450R.
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