today and I put myself in a good
position late in the race—running
fourth and close to third—but the
dehydration and heat got to me
and Strang was able to squeak by
me on the last lap," said Toth.
Online/Monster Energy/Ka-
wasaki Team Green's Lyndon
Snodgrass grabbed his first-ever
XC2 250 Pro class win with a
sixth overall finish.
"I got out front on lap one and I
actually made a few mistakes on
one lap and crashed trying to get
a bottle of water," said Snod-
grass. "The boys caught back up
to me and then I put in a charge
halfway around the last lap and
got it back out to where I was
comfortable and then just rolled
towards the finish and brought it
home. The heat was tough, but I
just conserved enough energy to
get to the finish and still be in the
front, so I'm pumped with that."
After getting off to a slow start,
KLM Milwaukee GasGas' Grant
Baylor worked his way up into
fifth at one point but settled into
seventh at the finish.
Phoenix Honda Racing's Ruy
Barbosa came away with his best
finish of the year by far. The Chilean
was second in the XC2 250 Pro
class with an eighth overall finish.
Rockstar Energy Factory
Husqvarna's Craig DeLong was
third XC2 250 Pro class rider
and ninth overall, while Tely En-
ergy Racing KTM's Liam Draper
rounded out 10th overall and
fourth in the XC2 250 Pro class.
AmPro Yamaha's Layne Mi-
chael and Coastal Racing Gas-
Gas' Ricky Russell both jumped
out into the lead at the start of
the race, but Michael crashed on
the opening lap and came in with
an injured ankle, while Russell
injured his hand and retired.
Meanwhile, Rockstar Energy
Factory Husqvarna Racing's Thad
Duvall was slowed by a coolant leak.
Coastal Racing GasGas' Ben
Parsons claimed his second win
in a row in the FMF XC3 125cc
Pro-Am class, coming from
behind to beat out Lojak Cycle
Sales/Yamaha's Chase Coleville
and Husqvarna's Jake Froman.
Point leader Jonathan Johnson
(Magna1 Motorsports/Husqvarna)
was sixth.
Babs Racing Yamaha/Fly/
Maxxis/Pro Circuit's Becca
Sheets held off charges by
AmPro Yamaha's Rachael Archer
and Enduro Engineering/FLY/
KTM's Mackenzie Tricker to win
the XCW class. With the win,
Sheets extended her lead to 14
points over Archer in the champi-
onship chase.
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna's
Tayla Jones was third ahead of
early leader Online/Monster
Energy/Kawasaki Team Green's
Korie Steede.
Shan Moore
RESULTS
1. Steward Baylor (Yam)
2. Ben Kelley (KTM)
3. Jordan Ashburn (Hus)
4. Josh Strang (Kaw)
5. Josh Toth (KTM)
6. Lyndon Snodgrass (Kaw)
7. Grant Baylor (GG)
8. Ruy Barbosa (Hon)
9. Craig DeLong (Hus)
10. Liam Draper (KTM)
IN
THE
WIND
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Becca Sheets won the
Women's class.
