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On lap three, Smith took the lead from Rogers,
but then went down spectacularly a few turns later
when he took a nosedive into a jump. Reynolds
was the benefactor with all of the confusion, tak-
ing the lead ahead of Biese and Rogers.
By lap 11, Wyatt Liebeck had worked up into
third ahead of Rogers, with Reynolds and Biese
leading out front.
At the finish, Reynolds took a comfortable win
ahead of Biese, Liebeck and Rogers. Hunter
Yoder slipped into fifth late in the race.
Reynolds returned to the track later in the day
where he dominated the Open A division, taking the
win ahead of Jace Kessler (Yam) and Brandon Ray.
"If you don't get a good start here it's going be
kind of tough on this track," said Reynolds. "Luck-
ily, I got good starts today. They gave us 15 laps,
which was good for me because I've been put-
ting in the work with Jeff Ward and that has me in
good shape. I mainly came here hoping to make it
through all the races and see what happens."
Ryder DiFrancesco went six-for-six last year at
Loretta Lynn's and then made the jump to the big
bikes for 2021 and didn't miss a beat. In his first
Ryder
DiFrancesco
also looked right
at home on the
big bikes. The
Kawasaki rider
won both the
250 and 450 B
divisions.
