The 3Bros 24 Hours of Glen Helen is never easy. This year was even more grueling than usual because the famous Glen Helen wind machine kicked into high gear somewhere around hour 15, when the riders were already suffering through the middle-of-the-night stretch. Through the entire race, the Zip-Ty Racing team of Dustyn Davis, Brennen Watson, Lane Lorenzo and Jake Alverez topped the leader board on their GasGas MC250F. They became the first team to win the event on a 250 four-stroke and might well have the youngest average age of any 24 Hour Champions. “It’s cool to see Dustyn get his name on the 24-Hour Trophy along with mine!” said Dustyn’s dad Ty Davis, who won the race over 20 years ago.
There were only a few mechanical issues they suffered. One came in the night when the steering head seemed to be loose. They attempted to fix it only to discover the top triple clamp was broken–they simply rode it in that way. Throughout the race, the only team that could keep them in sight was the Honda 450 squad led by Glen Helen regular Ciaran Naran. At the finish, the Naran team was only one lap behind–which is close by 24-hour standards. The next team was seven laps behind.
The top Ironman was Patricio Cabrera, who also won the Ironman class at the Score Baja 1000 last year. He completed 55 laps solo, whereas the leading AA team finished with 75 laps. That put Cabrera in 29th overall of the 75 teams entered–and many of those teams had six riders. The Open Intermediate/Expert team of Brandon Gravley was locked in battle for most of the race with Kyle Pethers, Jeffrey Row and Damon Bush–the winner of that class is still being sorted out. Jon Rice teamed up with his high-school buddy Justin Jones to win the 30 Expert class and the Industry class was taken by Team Prairie Dogs led by Trevor Hunter. Team MXA, Team Cycle News and Team Dirt Rider were all within a few laps.
One of the most notable entries in the Family Class was none other than the Flyin’ Hawaiian himself, John DeSoto, who is now 78 years old. He and his grandsons finished sixth in that class, which was won by Matt Eddy’s team. Results are currently unofficial, so check back at Glenhelen.com for full results.
