Jake Froman (Hsq) to win the
FMF XC-3 125 Pro-Am, with Beta-
mounted Jason Lipscomb in third.
Magna1 Motorsports/Husqvarna's
Brody Johnson, who wrapped up
title at previous round, dropped
out with an injury.
The title was on the line when
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna/
Surge Off-Road Coaching Team's
Tayla Jones and AmPro Yamaha's
Rachael Archer lined up at the
start of the WXC race on Sunday
morning. When the two-lap board
came out, Jones held a 12-sec-
ond lead over Archer with Raines
Racing Yamaha's Prestin Raines
in third. However, it was Archer
with the lead when the front-run-
ners took the white flag, having
made the pass on Jones during
the third lap of the race when her
fellow Aussie went down.
At the finish, Archer took the
win by five seconds ahead of
Jones, wrapping up her first
WXC championship.
"I've been working for this title
the last three years and this year
has been a long one, with some
ups and downs, but it's good to
finally get it done," said Archer. "I
got the holeshot to start the race,
but I tried to go too tight in the
second turn and Tayla got around
me. I tried staying on her wheel,
but I went down in the silt on the
second lap, and it twisted my
bars pretty good. On the last lap,
Tayla must have went down, but I
Coastal Racing GasGas' Ryder
Lafferty came in seventh, 50
seconds behind Barbosa, while
Babbitt's Online Monster Energy
Kawasaki's JoJo Cunningham was
eighth overall, and first 250 A rider,
another two minutes back.
Chilean Ben Herrera was ninth
overall on a Kawasaki, while
Cooper Jones grabbed his first
top-10 overall with a 10th and
second in the 250 A division.
Toth dropped out mid-race
with a mechanical. Meanwhile,
Magna1 Motorsports/Husqvar-
na's Jordan Ashburn, who
wrapped up the XC1 title at the
previous race, did not compete
due to an injured hand.
Dakota Devore (KTM) topped
ROUND 13 / OCTOBER 13, 2022
IRONMAN RACEWAY / CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA
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OFF-ROAD I GRAND NATIONAL CROSS-COUNTRY SERIES
Lyndon Snodgrass celebrates the XC2 Pro-class win.
