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Cycle News 2022 Issue 45 November 8

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night to the WHS race, arriv- ing too late to walk the course beyond the first turn. But that disadvantage only seemed to slow him in the open- ing laps where others had better lines; in addition, he'd guessed wrong at suspension settings, ending up on the too-stiff side, though he took it all in stride. "It was definitely a change of pace!" the FMF/P-Works/Troy Lee Designs FX 450-mounted Shirey said. "All in all, I went out there just to have fun and see what I could do." For Roberts, this was a make-or-break day to keep his championship hopes alive, but arm pump during the first hour prevented him from mounting the charge he needed. In addition, water between his tear-offs ob- scured his vision until he'd pulled them all. "Beyond that, I felt good and had fun," the DP Brakes/Dun- lop/Klim 430 RR rider said. "I've definitely got to get up into some nasty woods and practice it more. I'm decent at it, but it's just so far out of my wheelhouse." Despite crashing in the first turn and later on in the first lap, Layton Smail ended up with an impressive comeback to not only take the Pro 250 victory in his first time in the class (after two earlier rides in the Open Pros) but claimed fourth overall on his NWEC/GPR Stabilizers/Viral 250 SX-F. Round-five class winner Jaden Dahners hounded Smail most of the way but had to settle for class runner-up and fifth overall on his Amsoil/TBT Racing/Arai YZ250F. Fun Country KTM's Chase Lar- son took third in class and sixth overall ahead of Serpa, Dallas Chidester (DC) Yamaha's Mason Ottersberg (the Pro 250 points leader), and Fun Country KTM's Blake Best (fifth Pro 250). Chase Esty is listed as 10th overall and the Open B winner. M9 GasGas-mounted Devin Watson padded his unbeat- able points lead in Pro Vet 35+, VOLUME 59 ISSUE 45 NOVEMBER 8, 2022 P37 Despite this first-turn crash and going down hard later on the first lap, Layton Smail (454) rebounded to win the Pro 250 class and finish fourth overall, ahead of class runner-up Jaden Dahners (X10, back of pack), who had a start nearly as bad.

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