made some moves and
caught the XC1 guys
quick. They don't want to
let us by, so I kind of lost
my flow there. Witkowski
caught me and I made a
mistake third lap in the
John Penton section when
a sapling grabbed my foot
and ripped me off the bike.
The bike fell into the weeds
and it was hard to pick up.
Mikey was right on my rear
wheel, so I kind of put the
hammer down again and
battled back and forth with
Andrew Delong a little bit.
I just tried to stay mistake-
free. Rode smooth and
smart and came out on
top. It was good."
Ashburn rounded out the
top five overall.
Witkowski put his
Yamaha into second in the XC2
250 Pro class with a sixth overall
finish. Craig Delong edged out
his brother, Andrew, for seventh
overall by 18 seconds and took
third in the XC2 250 Pro division.
Girroir now leads Craig De-
long by nine points in the XC2
250 Pro class with three races
remaining.
New Zealander Lyndon
Snodgrass was ninth overall and
fourth XC2 250 Pro rider while
Cody Barnes rounded out the
top 10 overall and fifth in the XC2
250 Pro class.
After stopping to help Russell,
Strang managed to salvage 13th
overall. The race was Strang's
first back since breaking his
collarbone just over four weeks
before.
In the Women's WXC race,
AmPro Yamaha's Rachel Archer
claimed her third win in a row,
moving to within 46 points of
BABS/Fly/Maxiss/Yamaha-
sponsored Becca Sheets in the
class standings.
Archer had to work her way up
after a bad jump off the gate.
Sheets rode a steady race
for second, with Rachel Gutish
taking advantage of a holeshot to
claim third.
Zack Hayes (KTM) grabbed
his fourth win of the season in
the FMF XC3 125 Pro-Am class,
extending his lead in the class
standings to 35 points ahead of
Raines Racing Yamaha's Jason
Raines.
Raines was fourth on the day
behind James Lipscomb (KTM)
and Michael Delosa (KTM) in
second and third, respectively.
Shan Moore
OVERALL
1. Steward Baylor (Yam)
2. Ben Kelley (KTM)
3. Grant Baylor (She)
4. Johnny Girroir (KTM)
5. Jordan Ashburn (Kaw)
6. Mike Witkowski (Yam)
7. Craig Delong (Hus)
8. Andrew Delong (Hon)
9. Lyndon Snodgrass (Kaw)
10. Cody Barnes (Bet)
IN
THE
WIND
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Jonathan Girroir
won the XC2
division and
moved into the
championship lead
in the class.
