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third through sixth, respectively,
to earn slots in the main event.
The top four riders from each
of the above heat races faced off
in head-to-head bracket races.
The winner earns a bonus point
and first gate pick for the main
event. With the points leader
Haaker not in the brackets, it
was Webb's opportunity to gain
a point on his rival, but Tremaine,
who is from nearby Gardnerville,
Nevada, managed to get the win
in front of his home fans by edg-
ing out Webb in the final bracket
race.
However, Webb got the last
word in the 17-lap main event.
The defending champ led every
lap to take the overall win, while
Haaker tried catching him after a
third-place start.
Haaker slipped past Geoff
Aaron for second place during
the second lap but was already
seven seconds behind his rival
and things didn't get much bet-
ter. He steadily lost time to Webb
and trailed the defending champ
by 14 seconds just before the
halfway point. It wasn't until late
in the race that Haaker starting
pulling back distance between
him and the leader, but by then it
was too late.
Webb ended up taking the
checkered flag 5.2 seconds
ahead of Haaker.
"Reno was much better than
last weekend," Webb said of his
night. "With the injury earlier in
the year, I was behind and trying
to rely on talent and that wasn't
enough. So I spent all week with
Trystan Hart, Cooper Abbott
and Cody Miller riding motos to
get my intensity back and that
helped."
Haaker said, "The mistake I
made in the heat race [missing
the No Joke Lane], it was easy
[to do that] tonight; I was so
focused on the track that I just
forgot to hit it.
"In the main, I got an okay
start and got to second pretty
quick and tried to close on
Cody. He was so good in the
Matrix and jumping into the
rocks that he was putting a
couple of seconds on me
there. I think I was making up
time on the rest of the track but
Colton Haaker took
second in the main.
Haaker and Webb
are tied for the
championship lead at
the halfway point of
the series.
