"It's been crazy tight this first
half of the season with the points
lead going back and forth," said
Jones. "Today I took it back.
Korie took it last round. I was
pumped to grab the win. It was
super gnarly out there, espe-
cially in the end when the rain
came. It got so slippery."
AmPro Yamaha's Rachael Ar-
cher was third, with Trail Jesters
Racing KTM's Korie Steede in
fourth and Enduro Engineering/
Fly Racing KTM's Mackenzie
Tricker in fifth.
Magna1 Motorsports/
Husqvarna's Brody Johnson
beat out XC/Moose Racing/XC
Gear's Zack Hayes to win the
FMF XC3 125 Pro-Am class, with
lost a lot of time but was able to
dig in to work his way back up to
second.
Tely Energy Racing's Liam
Draper claimed his best finish of
the season with an eighth over-
all, which was good enough for
third in the XC2 250 Pro class.
AmPro Yamaha's Mike Wit-
kowski and Snodgrass rounded
out the top 10 overall, finishing
fourth and fifth, respectively, in
the XC2 ranks.
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna/
Surge Off-Road Coaching
Team's Tayla Jones took the win
in the WXC class, beating KTM's
Brandy Richards by over a min-
ute. Jones retook the points lead
with the win.
just tried to ride smooth," said
Barnes. "I'm pretty speech-
less. I've been chasing this for
a while, and I've been close a
couple times. To win it is awe-
some. I'm pumped. We've been
up there, but just had some bad
luck. I think I was just able to put
it all together."
Lafferty was second in class
and seventh overall, almost a
minute-and-a-half behind Barnes.
"I was grinning when I saw it
raining, because I like to ride the
mud," said Lafferty. "I knew that
whoever minimized their mis-
takes would come out on top."
Lafferty caught up to Smith
early on and ran second for a
while but then fell in a ravine and
ROUND 7 / MAY 22, 2022
SUNDAY CREEK RACEWAY / MILLFIELD, OHIO
P86
OFF-ROAD I GRAND NATIONAL CROSS-COUNTRY SERIES
Cody Barnes (99) captured his first win in the XC2 250 Pro class.
