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get me than anybody else, but
I'm not letting him get me; I'll tell
you that much!"
Fourth overall physically after
starting on the second row and
leading Pro 250 wire-to-wire,
Americool Heating and Air
Conditioning/TBT Racing/Moose
Elite 250 XC-F-mounted Dahn
-
ers said, "I had a little bit more
motivation coming back into the
woods. I kind of wanted to start
the season off on the right note
for me. [Round one at] Doyle
doesn't count for me! It's in the
desert. This is my first round!"
Liqui Moly Beta's Joe Wasson
consistently rode to fourth Pro
and fifth overall, ahead of Pro
250 riders Smail and Thomaselli.
Next was Hunt and Sons Gas
-
Gas-mounted Lane Lorenzo, the
first 250cc A rider and first A over-
all followed by Open A winner Cody
James on his Beta of Modesto
300 RR. Pro 250 rider Ethan Pacak
rounded out the top 10.
In the morning race, Ava Sil-
vestri continued her run of poor
starts yet rocketed to the front
of the field almost immediately
aboard her Blud Lubricants/
Racer Decal/Troy Lee Designs
EX 250F.
"Honestly, the last few years
here at Jacksonville, I've never
had a good start. I'm pretty
positive I'm dead last every single
time!" she said. "I kind of made it
known to everyone that I was be
-
hind them. I wasn't trying to mess
around today; I just wanted to get
to the front as fast as possible
and it ended up working out."
Among those she passed was
WHS debutante Griffiths and her
Maxima/NitroMousse/Klim KTM
250 XC-F, the eventual runner-up
coming out on the short end of
a run-in with the eventual win
-
ner. Gallegos survived a heated
last-lap battle to earn third after
passing Ashlee Gage whose
front-brake lever broke in a spill
in the final minutes.
Mark Kariya
OVERALL (Top 10)
1. Dante Oliveira (KTM)
2. Mateo Oliveira (KTM)
3. Giacomo Redondi (GG)
4. Jaden Dahners (KTM)
5. Joseph Wasson (Bet)
6. Layton Smail (She)
7. Ryder Thomaselli (Hus)
8. Lane Lorenzo (GG)
9. Cody James (Bet)
10. Ethan Pacak (Hus)
Ava Silvestri came from
behind again to win the
Women's division.
Macie Schroeder
dominated the Junior
Girls by more than 18
minutes over round-one
winner Bradlynn Brauning,
with Lillee Duncan
another 1:11 back.
