estly, it was a surprise."
After a good battle, Dahners
had to settle for second in class
both on the day and in the final
Pro 250 points on his Americool/
TBT Racing/Nexus/Arai YZ250F
while Maloney Training Facility/
SixFiveO Racing/XC Gear/Fast-
house 250 XC-F rider Anthony
Ferrante rounded out the po-
dium.
The 90-minute morning race
saw defending Pro Women
champion Kaitlyn Jacobs get the
jump into the downhill, off-cam-
ber first turn, but—emblematic of
her season—she slid out on the
slick inside and would take off
last. Ultimately, the FMF RPM
Racing KTM rider finished off the
podium for the day and second
in final points, glad to put a trying
year behind her.
Up front, 3 Bros./Kilmartin
Racing Gas Gas rider Silvestri
went to work aboard her Fac-
tory Connection/Nitro Mousse/
Dubya/Troy Lee Designs EX
250F. However, the win went to
Britney Gallegos, who wanted to
get in another race this year and
made the trip from Colorado with
her Bobby J's/Family/Fly Racing
Husky TE 250. Early paceset-
ter and round-six winner Ashlee
Gage claimed third on her Let's
Ride KTM 250 XC-F.
Having had her broken col-
larbone plated four days before
round six, Silvestri still wasn't 100
percent but said, "This round
I came in a lot more confident
[compared to the previous round
two weeks ago] and didn't really
doubt it that much. But riding out
there, it was like, yeah, you could
tell it was still healing. I hit a cou-
ple chattery braking bumps and
definitely you could feel it. I would
say it definitely held me back a
little bit today, but it was not as
bad as I thought it would be."
Earning a first big champion-
ship always takes some of the
sting away.
Mark Kariya
OVERALL
1. Giacomo Redondi (GG)
2. Mateo Oliveira (KTM)
3. Zane Roberts (Bet)
4. Mason Ottersberg (Yam) Pro 250
5. Jaden Dahners (Yam) Pro 250
6. Anthony Ferrante (KTM) Pro 250
7. Nathan Perderer (KTM)
8. Cody James (Bet)
9. Alex Dorsey (Hus)
10. Calum Campbell (KTM) Pro 250
IN
THE
WIND
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Britney Gallegos made
the trip from Colorado
and topped the Pro
Women's class, riding a
two-stroke instead of her
usual Husky four-stroke.
Taylor Robert was happy to return
to racing. Though he showed
competitive speed early, he decided
his race fitness wasn't there yet and
elected to head home early.
