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it a suspenseful race at the front for a winner-take-all moto. Lipanovich used every ounce of his GasGas' power to hold off second place, taking the win and the overall in the process with 3-1 finishes. Morais went 2-2 on the day for second overall, with Mike Alessi's 4-3 giving him third overall. "Honestly, I didn't look back at all, and I didn't know who was behind me," Lipanovich said. Then I saw the two-lap board to go, and I was like, 'I can't throw this one away.' Then Ryan [Morais] stuck it in one time, and I knew I had to go with one lap left." OPEN PRO The defending champ, Carson Brown, held his custom KTM 300-powered Suzuki wide open to holeshot the first moto of the Open Pro class. He made light work of the deep field and walked away with the win, 15 seconds clear of second place. Hoeft started a close second but slowly lost touch with Brown. He crossed a safe second place to start the day. Luke Kalaitzian traded his Husqvarna 125 for a circa-1990s CR250 Husqvarna and raced to third in moto one. Villopoto showed his pro - fessional expertise with a big holeshot in moto two aboard his Yamaha YZ250. Hoeft, the defending WORCS champ, started second, once again, and made his way around the former champ on lap two, with Brown closely in third. Hoeft and Brown, who got around Villo - poto, duked it out for the rest of the 20-minute moto, staying only one-second apart for the entire race. In the end, Hoeft used his off-road conditioning to hold the lead through to the finish and clinched the overall with 2-1 fin - ishes. Brown went for an excit- ing last-turn pass but ended up falling and crossed second with second overall. Villopoto found some late- race speed and held on for third in moto two, but Italy's Giacomo Redondi used 5-4 scores to earn third overall. "He [Brown] got me good in the first moto and I knew I need- ed to start in front of him," Hoeft said. "That was a hard race, not going to lie. I had to do the start with no holeshot device, but I was hungry for that start and we made it work." Two other Pro races stood out over the weekend, with familiar names taking titles. Lipanov - ich again topped moto one of the 30+ 125cc Pro class and crossed second in race two to take the overall. Alessi finished on the box, third, in moto one but bounced back with an exciting win in moto two to take second overall. Morais again put his KTM on the box, going 2-4 for third overall. Kurt Nicoll swept the 50+ 125cc Pro division with two first place results over John Dubiel's 2-2, and Nick Mairose's 4-3. CN Open Pro 1. Justin Hoeft (Yam) 2-1 2. Carson Brown (Suz) 1-2 3. Giacomo Redondi (GG) 5-4 4. Trevor Stewart (Yam) 4-5 5. Ryan Villopoto (Yam) 8-3 125 Pro 1. Sean Lipanovich (GG) 3-1 2. Ryan Morais (KTM) 2-2 3. Mike Alessi (GG) 4-3 4. Giacomo Redondi (GG) 5-4 5. Josh Mosiman (KTM) 1-10 WIND IN THE P64 In the popular 125cc Pro class, Sean Lipanovich took the overall victory after winning the second moto.