Ava Silvestri topped
the Pro Women field,
setting the stage
for a three-rider
showdown for the
class championship at
the final round.
fix his bike, dropping him back to
eighth place which he held onto
until the bitter end.
"This is a tough one for me,"
Wasson said. "I had it, I was feel-
ing good and running smooth,
when all of a sudden the bike
shut down and just wouldn't get
going again."
It turned out to be a loose
battery cable that ultimately cost
him his last possibility of claiming
back-to-back championships.
"Honestly, the first five or so
miles was a bit of chaos; ev-
eryone was sort of all over the
place, and the dust was so thick
you really couldn't tell where you
were, or where you were sup-
posed to go," said Shirey. "After
that things started to settle a bit
and racers started filing in line.
The dust was so bad, I decided
to just be patient and back off
a little to just wait for a good
moment where I could find my
points where I could charge and
attack. I came up on Joe [Was-
son] who was sitting there [off
his bike] and that was it, I got the
lead just like that, and I just kept
going from there! I focused on
keeping it on two wheels, be-
cause I knew the bigger picture
was the championship."
Wasson's teammate, factory
Beta racer Zane Roberts returned
to the podium again this round
securing a second-place finish
and moving him up to third overall
in series points. With Wasson's
eighth-place finish and Roberts'
second, there is now only 19
points separating the Beta boys
going into the final race.
Rounding out the Pro podium
in third was Jacob Argubright
who would see his first podium
finish of the season, which
bumped him up in series points
to a solid fourth place.
In the Pro 250cc class, Corbin
McPherson claimed another
win, with close competitor Carter
Klein tight on his heels finishing
less than 30 seconds behind.
Along with third-place finisher
Clayton Roberts, these three
racers have maintained some
super-close battles, all fighting
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