Henry Miller and Collin Hinrichs.
The 450 Pro qualifying racers
were up next and again Peters
started the first heat in fourth
place. He found his groove a
little quicker this go around and
secured the lead for the final
few laps of the race and took
first place. He finished ahead of
Matthew Curler who had been
leading the race for the first five
laps. Brendan Sipple rounded out
the podium for heat one.
Kobusch was back in action as
he lined up for the second heat of
the 450 Pro qualifier. He seemed
to start out a little skittish after the
crash in the 250 Pro heat, but
quickly cast aside any nerves and
went on to win the heat ahead of
Bitterman and Spencer Winter.
Miller dominated the third heat
of the 450 Pro qualifier ahead of
Heath Harrison and Nate Mason.
From there Kobusch took the win
in the 250cc LCQ ahead of Sipple.
Adam Conway and Kyler
Hawkey were the top two in the
450 Pro last chance qualifier and
secured the final two gate spots
for the 450 Pro main.
In the 250 main event, Peters
came out of the gate and into an
early and easy lead and domi-
nated the race. Most of the action
was for the second and third po-
dium spots, with Curler, Bitterman,
Harrison and Kobusch all battling
it out. Kobusch had to start on the
second row for the race due to his
last chance qualifier spot and took
a few laps to get into the action.
Curler was in second most of the
race narrowly ahead of Bitterman
in third and Harrison in fourth.
Harrison made a move on
Bitterman in the seventh lap,
but was short lived as Bitterman
reclaimed the third spot by lap
eight. The final few laps became
a battle between Curler and Bit-
terman for second and Harrison
and Kobusch for fourth.
In the last turn, Bitterman got it
done and pushed past Curler tak-
ing second place, and Kobusch
did the same to Harrison as
Kobusch took fourth. All four of
the top five racers finished within
three seconds of one another,
making for an exciting and action-
packed end to the main.
The 450 Pro main was the
next and final race for the round.
Curler, who had been riding ex-
cellent all night, took the holeshot
and the lead for the first three
laps ahead of Peters.
Peters made the pass by the
fourth lap and pulled away from
the pack from there.
The battle was tight yet again for
the other two podium spots among
Curler, Kobusch, Harrison and Bit-
terman. They took turns in the sec-
ond spot throughout the race, with
Bitterman just behind the pack of
three. Kobusch ultimately finished
the race in second ahead of Curler,
Harrison and Bitterman.
Peters leads the series with
153 points ahead of Kobusch
(150) and Bitterman (106).
CN
250 Main
1. Kyle Peters (Hon)
2. Kyle Bitterman (GG)
3. Matthew Curler (Hon)
4. Lance Kobusch (Hon)
5. Heath Harrison (Hon)
450 Main
1. Kyle Peters (Hon)
2. Lance Kobusch (Hon)
3. Matthew Curler (Hon)
4. Heath Harrison (Hon)
5. Kyle Bitterman (Hon)
VOLUME 59 ISSUE 3 JANUARY 19, 2022 P45
(Above) Lance Kobusch finished
off the night second in the 450cc
main event. He's currently second
in the championship, 22 points
behind the defending champ,
Peters. (Left) Kyle Bitterman took
second in the 250cc main.
