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to go down. I didn't mean to do
that, but I'm just pumped I got
the win."
DiFrancesco saw it in the
same way.
"I was right on him," said
DiFrancesco. "I could have
made a move a couple laps
earlier, but I waited too long.
He made a mistake and came
into me. I think I learned to start
trying to pass sooner and not let
mistakes happen like that."
Bennick finished second,
while Jayden Clough (KTM), Ju-
lien Beaumer (Suz) and Dakota
Aldredge (Hus) rounded out the
top five.
In the Supermini 2 class,
Towers and DiFrancesco met
again, but this time they traded
places, with DiFrancesco getting
out to the lead early with a clean
holeshot, while Towers got a bad
start and was back in sixth on
the opening lap. KTM's Daxton
Bennick held down second
behind DiFrancesco for a few
laps, as DiFrancesco built his
lead to four seconds. Towers
started making his move on lap
three, moving into fourth behind
a battle between Bennick and
Jayden Clough (KTM). Bennick
finally went down, dropping
back down the order, as Towers
moved around Clough and into
second. At the finish, DiFran-
cesco took the easy win, with
Towers second, Clough second
and Julien Beamer, who took
advantage of Bennick's crash, to
claim fourth.
This was DiFrancesco's
third race of the day. As in the
first race of the day, the Team
Green rider moved up with the
big boys, making his first ride
in the Schoolboy 1 (12-17) divi-
sion, riding his 85 against 125s
with bigger wheels, finishing an
impressive fourth behind winner
(Right) Gavin
Towers outdueled
Difransesco to
take the SuperMini
1 (12-15) number-
one plate. (Below)
Ryder Difrancesco
(23) came
away with the
SuperMini 2 (13-16)
Championship. Ivan
Aldama Jr. (7)
was third.
