of down trees, whatever may be.
So I was fine with him leading.
Then Cody [Barnes] got by me,
too, so I was just following those
two," before grabbing the lead
and taking off for the win.
"It is super cool to get my
name on this race," Whipple said.
Second place and the 2021
OMA Series Championship went
to a youngster who put his head
down and charged through the
pack to make things happen.
Jayson Crawford had his Yama-
ha YZ250X running strong and
steady through all the challenges
he faced.
"I was having a good race,"
said Crawford. "I had a mid-pack
start, came through one of the
creeks like seventh, eighth. By
the end of the first lap, I made it
in to third place. Then I passed
TJ Nees on the motocross
track."
After passing Nees near the
beginning of the second lap,
Crawford kept a strong pace to
the finish saying, "I could hear
him, but he never passed me
back. I was having a good flow."
TJ Nees battled with Crawford
for most of the day, and he was
able to collect third place for
his efforts. Nees said, "It went
pretty good. I got a mid-pack
start and I tried to hang with
the front group. I crashed on
the first section out here by the
Bike Barn, and I had to catch
back up. I think I was running
eighth, then a couple guys got
stuck and crashed, and that put
me in fourth. I just knew I had to
push from there. Me and Jayson
Crawford hung with each other
all day. I had to gas on the sec-
ond lap, and he kind of got away
from me a little bit. I just couldn't
seem to catch him."
John Gasso
1. Tanner Whipple (Kaw)
2. Jayson Crawford (Yam)
3. TJ Nees (KTM)
4. Jarrett Ruchotzke (KTM)
5. David Stickel (KTM)
6. Barry Sulzberger (KTM)
7. Bryan Johnson (Kaw)
8. Logan Housenga (KTM)
9. Easton Morgan (Hon)
10. Cody Barnes (Hon)
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Jayson Crawford was second on
the day and but took the 2021
OMA Championship.
