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focused because my back was hurting me, too, after my recent practice crash, so it would come in waves where I thought, 'Okay, focus and charge,' then I'd go, 'Aww, I've got to relax a little bit then go again. I couldn't ride 100 percent this race, and I kept thinking about Clayton—that was a bad crash." Clayton Roberts was airlifted to a local hospital and the entire off-road community wishes him a speedy and full recovery. Having come out of seemingly nowhere to win at round one, Sam Pretscherer proved that it was no fluke by winning Pro 250 again aboard his Simford Group Motorsport/Ame Grips/Fly Racing-backed FX 250. "I definitely had a good start, and for the first 40 miles, I was with Zane," he said. "After the pit stop, they sort of started to gap me out. After a few more miles, I had a decent gap on [eventual runner-up D.J. Weber], and I kind of rode my own race until the second loop when I got lost—again! So, I just turned back around, and I think I lost one po - sition, and that was about it, so I just picked that position back off and had a bit of a battle there with I'm not too sure who it was." He added, "I did a last-minute gearing change, which was lucky because I had motocross gear - ing on and I definitely would've struggled if I'd had motocross gearing on for the race—it was a fast track!" Weber was a minute and nine seconds back for second Pro 250, seventh overall, followed by third Pro 250 Matthew Combs. Husqvarna support rider Jason Harris took the top spot in 250cc A and was the first A rider in ninth overall on his after cumulative times were figured in. Fourth-place Pro 250 rider Alex Trapp rounded out the top 10 overall. Jason Gibbons made it two in a row in Pro Vet 35+ over Darrin Tuckett—the same first two as round one. DC Racing Kawa - saki's Mike Jensen rounded out that podium. In Pro Women, Rachel Stout added another win to her re - sume. The InnTeck/Full Factory Off-road/Fly Racing KTM 350 XC-F rider finished 28th overall, followed 14 seconds later by hard-enduro specialist Megan Griffith in her Hare & Hound de - but. Liqui Moly Beta-supported Britney Gallegos rounded out the podium. Mark Kariya Overall (Top 10) 1. Joseph Wasson (Bet) 2. Austin Walton (Hus) 3. Zane Roberts (Bet) 4. Preston Campbell (Hon) 5. Dalton Shirey (Hus) 6. Sam Pretscherer (Hus) 7. DJ Weber (KTM) 8. Matthew Combs (Yam) 9. Jason Harris (Hus) 10. Alexandru Trapp (KTM) WIND IN THE P44 Two-time and current Pro Women champ Rachel Stout made it two wins in a row with her Rabbit Creek 100 win over hard-enduro specialist Megan Griffith and Britney Gallegos. Bronx Weeks was understandably happy after picking up one $100 gift card for winning the PeeWee race overall and another $100 gift card for catching the hare.