‰ÛÏPerfect days don‰Ûªt come very often, so I‰Ûªm basking in the goodness of going 1-1-1‰Û_fastest qualifier, heat win and Main Event win," a greatful Hill reflected. "Everything was clicking with the team and my RM-Z250. I was ripping the whoops and rhythms in practice, doing what I needed to do to get the top qualifying time. We watched film after practice and decided to leave the bike alone, because it was working really well.
‰ÛÏMy strategy in the Main Event was to calculate everything around me," Hill continued. "At one point I thought I could trail him [Adam Cianciarulo] and execute a wham-bam pass towards the end. Then I realised there were some people behind us that were riding well, and if we tangled it could jeopardise the win. I started increasing my intensity and pressing harder. I knew I had the speed. For the most part I was trying to be calm about picking up the pace and not do anything rash. I had good runs through the whoops and knew where I could gain. The pass was made before the whoops so I could pull away in the sand section. I had a couple ideas on accident avoidance in order to stay ahead. Once I got a small gap I tried to get back into a zone click away good laps.‰Û
