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Cycle News 2021 Issue 11 March 16

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SUPERCROSS 12TH ANNUAL RICKY CARMICHAEL DAYTONA AMATEUR SUPERCROSS MARCH 7-9, 2021 DAY TONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY / DAY TONA BEACH, FLORIDA P90 final of the day, the Team Green Kawasaki rider took the lead right after the start of the 250 B main and pulled away to a more-than- impressive win ahead of KTM's Caden Braswell and Kawasaki's Gage Stine. Later in the day, DiFrancesco claimed a dominant win in the 450 B class as well, fin- ishing comfortably ahead of Stine and KTM's Austin Kapoukranidis. "This was my first time on a big bike, and it felt good," said DiFrancesco. "I got good starts all day and just rode my race. I'm still learning the big bike but it's com- ing around." Casey Cochran gave GasGas a pair of marquee wins by topping the Mini Sr 1 (12-14) and Supermini 2 (13-16) classes. (Above) Georgia's Landon Gibson was one of the few double champions at the RCSX. The KTM rider won the 85cc (10-12) and 85cc (10-12) Limited classes. (Right) Orange Brigade KTM rider Caden Braswell (222) out-dueled DiFrancesco (23) to take home the gold in the Schoolboy 2 (12-17) class.

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