Outfitter Sherco's Branden Petrie
started out the race in the top
five but pushed hard in laps two
and three, battling Wentzel for
the second position. After swap-
ping positions several times,
Petrie ended up passing Wentzel
and made it up Black Flag in two
hours and 49 minutes for sec-
ond place. Wentzel held off Ab-
bott and finished in third place,
one minute behind Petrie.
Abbott finished in fourth, and
IRC Tire Beta's James Flynn
finished in fifth. This was Petrie
and Wentzel's first-ever USHE
podium finishes.
In the Pro Women's class,
Louise Forsley won ahead of
Hallie Marks and Bailey Lerwill.
Riley Bender was the top ama
-
teur of the weekend, followed by
Braxton Hintze and Niko Piazza.
The next USHE round is the
Battle of the Goats in Taylors
-
ville, North Carolina, on April
27-28.
Matt Musgrove
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IN THE
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Rieju's Quinn Wentzel finished
out the weekend in third.
PHOTO: OWEN GORSUCH
Louise Forsley topped the
Women's Pro class.
