for second. DiFrancesco made
an inside pass to get around
Hastings on lap two and then set
his sights on Alessi. On lap five,
DiFrancesco ducked under Alessi
and took control of the race, lead-
ing the way to the finish.
Alessi held on for second,
while Towers, Hastings and Mag-
nus Smith took third through fifth.
Ferry took a dramatic win in
the 250cc B main, edging out
KTM's Daxton Bennick for a
narrow victory. Lappers played a
major role in the later stages of
the race, hindering each of the
major players in critical places,
as the front-running duo pulled
away from Noah Smerdon (KTM),
Ivan Aldama (Yam) and Jaxon
Pascal (KTM).
Triangle Cycles Yamaha's Katie
Benson led after the start of the
WMX main with Jaime Astudillo
(KTM) in tow. On lap five, Astu-
dillo closed on Benson and was
all over the Yamaha rider, finally
making a pass on lap eight to
take the lead.
Astudillo, who has been racing
the WMX GPs in Europe, won the
race with Benson in second and
Hodges in third.
In the Junior 25+ race, it was
no surprise when Mike Alessi
grabbed the holeshot to start
the main event, leading James
Roberts (Husqvarna) through the
opening lap.
Alessi quickly pulled away,
as Roberts and Michael Ashe
(Suzuki) battled over second.
GasGas-mounted Logan McCon-
nell pushed Ashe during the early
laps, which turned into the best
battle of the race. Finally, with the
laps winding down, McConnell
made a pass for third on the final
lap and the final order was set.
At the finish, Alessi took an
easy win, followed by Roberts,
McConnell and Ashe. Lowell
Spangler was fifth on a Honda.
Shan Moore
IN
THE
WIND
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Holeshot artist Mike Alessi took on the kids and Juniors. The veteran racer lost out to the kids in Open
A (to DiFrancesco) but came away with the Junior 25+ Championship.
