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made a mistake," said Ashburn. "I got into second on the last lap and tried to get around a lapper and took a wrong line and Grant got by me, and that was all she wrote. I was beat. Just a tough day at the office." Rockstar Energy Husqvarna's Craig DeLong had the dubious honor of being last off the line in the XC1 class, which wasn't a good position to be in consider- ing the track was considered tough to pass on. "It was just follow-the-leader," said DeLong. "That's all you could do was just be consistent and make your passes where you could." DeLong went on to finish fourth overall. Ryder Lafferty came from third off the start to win the XC2 250 Pro class and finish fifth overall. The Coastal Racing GasGas rider started catching early XC2 leader Tely Racing KTM's Liam Draper and Babbitts Online/ Monster Energy/Kawasaki Team Green Lyndon Snodgrass on lap three. After Snodgrass passed Draper, Lafferty made the pass as well and then went after Snod- grass, passing him to take the lead at the start of the final lap. "Lyndon was riding good and he was breathing down my neck that whole last lap, but I was able to hold on to the finish," said Lafferty. After holding the lead at one point in the race, Snodgrass had to settle for second in the XC2 250 Pro class and sixth overall. "Me and Ryder had sort of been switching back and forth and on the second-to-last lap Ry- der got around me," said Snod- grass. "The last lap, there was nothing I could do after that. I was trying hard to pass him back, but I felt like the passing options were a little limited." Seventh overall was Snod- grass' Babbitts Online/Monster Energy/Kawasaki Team Green teammate and round-seven winner Josh Strang, who is still suffering from the effects of an arm injury from earlier in the year. Meanwhile, Ruy Barbosa (Hon) and Benjamin Herrera (Kaw) rep- resented Chile well by rounding out the top 10. Rockstar Energy Husqvarna/ Surge Off-Road Coaching Team's Tayla Jones took the win in the WXC class, beating KTM's Brandy Richards and Trail Jesters Racing KTM's Korie Steede. Enduro Engineering/Fly Rac- ing KTM's Mackenzie Tricker and GasGas' Rachel Gutish rounded out the top five. Magna1 Motorsports/Husqvar- na's Brody Johnson claimed his fifth win of the season in the FMF XC3 125 Pro-Am class with XC/ Moose Racing/XC Gear's Zack Hayes in second and Husqvarna- mounted Jake Froman in third. Shan Moore OVERALL 1. Ricky Russell (GG) 2. Grant Baylor (GG) 3. Jordan Ashburn (Hus) 4. Craig DeLong (Hus) 5. Ryder Lafferty (GG) XC2 250 6. Lyndon Snodgrass (Kaw) XC2 250 7. Josh Strang (Kaw) 8. Trevor Bollinger (Hus) 9. Ruy Barbosa (Hon) XC2 250 10. Benjamin Herrera (Kaw) XC2 250 IN THE WIND P24 Brody Johnson topped the FMF XC3 125 Pro-Am division.