2025 Glen Helen 10-Hour Results

Cycle News Staff | June 9, 2025

Warm temps and sunny skies led to a traditional Glen Helen Raceway endurance race where plenty of dust, silt and fun greeted racers at the annual 3Bros 10 Hours of Glen Helen, June 7. Looking to back up their win at the 6-Hour earlier in the year, Husqvarna brought Sam Pretscherer and his 300cc two-stroke, along with new teammates Sean Lipanovich and Trevor Hunter, to the overall victory with 38 laps ahead of the 77 total entries.

2025 Glen Helen 10-Hour start — **Ivan Ramirez of the Alberto Ruiz team leads the start of the Glen Helen 10-Hour.**

Photos by Trevor Hunter

Racers were treated to a more technical course consisting of the typical fast ridge roads, high-speed sand washes, and the iconic motocross tracks around the Glen Helen facility, but a good mix of flowing single track and rocky creeks brought the speeds down and added a challenge for most racers. At the 8 a.m. flag drop, the Open Pro/Expert riders rushed into the Talladega first turn, with Ivan Ramirez (number 78) at the front of the field aboard his KTM 450 XC-F. Through the first few corners, the riders all traded positions, with Pretscherer (number 87) on the Husqvarna TX300 making first dust on the ridgeline.

The number-87 Husky team held a steady 10-second lead through the opening laps, but an early pit by the Husky team allowed Mason Semmens and the number-one Dirt Bike Magazine/Stoney Sock Co KTM 250F-mounted team to slip into the lead for a lap. Around the two-hour mark, the leading Husky team had a run-in with a lapped rider, which held them up long enough to lose the lead briefly; however, they quickly regained it and never relinquished it from that point on.

Behind the two leading teams, the battle for third was hotly contested, with teams swapping positions throughout the early hours of the race. In the opening laps, Ivan Ramirez’s squad, consisting of Gary Sutherlin, Brandon Prieto and Alberto Ruiz, held the advantage. Brandon Gravley’s GasGas team with Nick Stover, Seth Nemec and Cale Crutcher snuck by the KTM team to hold third at the end of the first hour on their Kilmartin Racing/Reezen 300cc two-stroke.

Sam Pretscherer at 2025 Glen Helen 10-Hour — **Sam Pretscherer led his team to victory.**

Pushing through a bad start, the second entry in the Pro class belonged to Jarrett Megla and Matthew Combs, as they worked their way up to third overall by the 90-minute mark. The duo utilized their early speed to take control of the podium position and briefly move up to second overall. A small mechanical issue at the halfway point cost them nearly 10 minutes, setting them outside the top five.

Ramirez’s KTM squad took control of third overall from there, building a comfortable gap over the rest of the field, and looked to have the final podium position locked up. However, Gravley’s number-146 GasGas team put in a late-race charge over the final hour, moving up from sixth to fourth, with their eyes set on third.

As the checkers flew, Pretscherer’s team claimed the overall victory, with Carson Tryon’s number-one expert team finishing second overall and first in the 250 Expert category. The race for the final overall podium position saw a remarkable last-lap pass to bump Gravley’s team up to third overall and first Open Expert. Alberto Ruiz’s number-78 team finished fourth overall and won the 30+ Expert class. Rounding out the top five overall, the Checkers MC/RG3 SoCal Husqvarna team of Cole McCarty, Jack McGrath and Stephen Pipoly earned second Open Expert.

The toughest of them all, the Ironman class, saw 15 brave racers line up to solo the entire race. TJ Durst topped the class with 33 laps and finished 18th overall after starting on the last row. Grayson Pringle and Logan Tyler rounded out the top three, finishing with 33 and 29 laps, respectively.

Carson Butterfield’s team won the 85cc Mini class, finishing with 26 laps in 55th overall. Matthew Yarnell’s team again won the 65cc class with 26 laps to their credit and finished in 54th overall, just ahead of Butterfield. Josh Fout, Josh Mosiman and Sean Bushnell from Motocross Action Magazine won the Industry class, finishing 8th overall with 36 laps. Other notable finishers include Dylan Cooper’s team winning Open Novice, Adrian Riveramelo winning the 40+ Novice class, and Austin Keys winning the family class.

Next on the calendar is the 3Bros 24 Hours of Glen Helen, set to take place in October as the final round of the three-race endurance series. CN