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happy to have drawn closer to
Walker in the championship
chase with his 2-1-3 finish, now
sitting just seven points behind,
setting up a down-to-the-wire
final round in Reno to settle the
championship.
"It's coming down to the wire
again like last year," said Hart.
"There are seven points between
us, but I'm going to need Haak
-
er's help, and he's riding well, so
it's doable. It was super-tight rac-
ing between me and Colton with
a winner-take-all in the final race.
I didn't get the jump in moto
three, and that was important on
this track, as it was hard to pass.
We made up a lot of points today
in the championship—now we'll
look ahead to Reno!"
Walker felt he never meshed
with the track and was pleased
he was able to escape the eve
-
ning with a seven-point lead in
the championship after finishing
third with a 3-2-2 moto tally.
"I just felt tense in the first
moto," said Walker, who set the
fastest Hot Lap time earlier in
the evening. "I just got into the
race and just wasn't getting the
triple I wanted to get and just
losing bits of time here and
there. I felt I had the pace in the
second moto and Colton went
down on the last lap, so I got
second behind Trystan. It was
tight racing, and I had a chance
for the overall going into the last
moto, but I ended up going down
when Colton cross-jumped me,
dropping me to second."
FactoryONE Sherco's Cody
Webb had trouble with the faster,
less technical track and came
away with fourth for the night
after posting 5-4-4 moto finishes.
"Not a good night," said Webb.
"To be fair, I think it just came
down to a mental thing. I looked
at the track yesterday and
thought, 'I really don't like the
track.' And it showed. I just rode
tight. I would try to charge, and
then I'd get arm-pump. Just not a
good night."
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna's
Ryder LeBlond went 4-5-6 for
fifth overall.
"I started off pretty slow," said
LeBlond. "I thought I put in good
laps in practice, but then my
Trystan Hart was
second overall, but he
wanted better, though
he did close in on the
championship points lead
with one round to go.
