these rocky technical sections
where I really wished I had a
footpeg, but I just carried my mo-
mentum and tried to just bounce
my way up!"
For the Pro Women's class,
current champion Rachel Stout
took the win, maintaining her
points lead over Britney Gallegos
and 3Bros/Kilmartin racer Ava
Silvestri. Stout now sits a single
point ahead of Gallegos, with
Silvestri a mere 10 points behind
them.
Stout finished a solid 12
minutes ahead of Gallegos.
"Probably one of the smoothest
California races that I've accom-
plished," Stout said. "I feel like I
was able to make less mistakes
on the second loop, which really
helped. And being able to keep
my mindset smooth and realize
that when I make a mistake, just
to stay calm and cool and col-
lected and try and salvage what
I can of the hill and just get up to
the top."
Silvestri rode nearly the entire
loop two with her transmission
stuck in second gear. "This is
probably worst-case scenario I
could have had today, but you
got to try to be positive when it
is like that and just get through
it, because you're only going to
keep making it worse if you're be-
ing negative," Silvestri said.
In the close-running Pro 250
class Carter Klein took his third
win of the season, widening his
points gap on reigning champion
Corbin McPherson.
Mary Rinell
OVERALL
1. Joe Wasson (Bet)
2. Dalton Shirey (Hus)
3. Zane Roberts (Bet)
4. Carter Klein (KTM)
5. Clayton Roberts (GG)
6. Otto Pearson (Hus)
7. Corbin McPherson
8. Nic Colangeli (KTM)
9. Nick Burson (Yam)
10. Brody Honea (Kaw)
IN
THE
WIND
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Carter Klein was the top
Pro 250 rider for the third
time this season.
