By Mark Kariya - Dirt Rider Magazine
CRD Protection equipped Justin Williamson sailed away with his first career OMA pro win at round six in Missouri.
Justin Williamson was destined to win sooner or later, and it finally happened at the Moonshine 100 presented by ITP, round six of the Parts Unlimited Off-road Motorcycle and ATV Nationals.
On the first lap of the race a few miles outside of Memphis, Missouri, RM250 rider Jimmy Jarrett jumped into the lead, intent on extending his series win streak to three, followed by Chris Robertson on a KX250 and YZ250-mounted Williamson.
Shane Watts put in an almost effortless ride for second.
Unfortunately for the first two, mechanical troubles sent them to the pits prematurely. Williamson had gotten by both on the fast grass track portion of the course in the last part of the first lap, he said. "Once I got into the tight woods, Jimmy was behind me, and I just tried to push as hard as I could to pull away from him. I guess it kind of worked."
Indeed it did, as no one managed to get close enough to even see him due to his winning margin of nearly three minutes.
New father Shane Watts worked his way into second place fairly early on his 200 E/XC and spent much of the two-plus-hour race riding a comfortably quick pace. "I was riding nice and easy, but my brakes were going out on me," he said. "It was the quickest two-hour race ever—felt like no more than an hour! I was stoked about that."
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