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9-9 for 9th overall is another solid day for the Noren on his fill in Factory HRC Honda 450 machine this weekend at the final round of the AMA Pro Motocross championships at the Ironman National. Freddy Noren battled himself from a 13th place start to get his first top 10 of the day. Moto two started off terrible for the Swiss rider as he came around in 21st after the opening laps. Fast Freddy was making passes in the bunches and was already to 16th by lap 5. With just over 12 minutes + 2 laps remaining Noren was in a lonely 11th place but was gifted by a falling down Dean Wilson in the last 5 minutes. The #43 was trailing Canadian Kaven Benoit since the mid way point and the gap between the two stood at around 4 – 6 seconds between for the entire second half. After trailing for nearly 15 minutes Noren made a pass on the last lap to get himself that consecutive 9th place finish.
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