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WIND IN THE P40 slowly move up the pack and then wick it up on the final lap. Grant went from last to third overall. "Oh man, it was a brutal day out there, and I didn't make it easy on myself," said Grant Bay - lor. "I got off the line in last and, about five miles into the track coming down the slick rocky hill, I just lost the front and went off straight into a big oak tree and tangled up in the bushes there for a good 30 seconds. Actually, one of the guys right behind me made a mistake and that allowed Grant Davis to get by me, so I was back behind a few places on lap one. I just put my head down, but Steward [Baylor, Red Bear Rocky Mountain Kawasaki] got right around me there. He and Trevor Bollinger [Rockstar Energy Husqvarna] made a little mistake, so I was able to get by those guys and just put my head on down." In his first year in the XC1 class, Phoenix Honda's Mike Wit - kowski seems to be warming up to his big 450 and finished fourth after going 5-5 at the previous two rounds. "I got a good start and was in third most of the time," said Witkowski. "I was staying with Girroir pretty good but then I had a slip and he got away. I could see Grant [Baylor] coming and did my best to hold him off, but he got me before the finish." For the first two laps, FMF KTM Factory Racing Landers' Grant Da - vis ran in third overall on adjusted time from the XC2 250 Pro class. Davis is definitely one of the up- and-comers to keep an eye on, as he won the XC2 250 Pro class and finished fifth overall. "I got the holeshot [in the XC2 250 Pro class] and then I just tried to check out a little bit. I wanted to get behind some XC1 boys so I could hang on to them for the rest of the race," said Davis. "I saw Stew and then I started making up some time, like passes and stuff, and then I think me and AmPro Yamaha's Liam Draper were staying like 30-40 seconds apart all day. And on the last lap, I don't even know what I was doing, and came into a corner hot and lost the front end; I just smacked my face off the ground. It got my whole face pretty good but other than that it was a good day." AmPro Yamaha's Liam Draper fought back and forth with FMF KTM Factory Racing Landers' An - gus Riordan and eventually came out on top to place sixth overall and second XC2 250 Pro rider, with Riordan dropping back to 10th and third XC2 250 Pro rider. Rockstar Energy Husqvarna's Trevor Bollinger and Sherco's Josh Strang finished just a sec - ond apart, with Bollinger finishing seventh and Strang taking eighth. Multiple crashes cost Ryder Lafferty, who led the first lap, enough time that he dropped to ninth at the finish. Dakoda Devore (KTM) took an - other win in the FMF XC3 125 Pro- Am class ahead of Jhak Walker (Beta) and Sawyer Carratura. In the Women's Pro class, Rock - star Energy Husqvarna's Korie Steede claimed her first win of the season, finishing ahead of GasGas rider Shelby Turner of Canada and Red Bear Rocky Mountain Kawa - saki's Rachael Archer. Shan Moore OVERALL 1. Craig DeLong (Hus) 2. Johnny Girroir (KTM) 3. Grant Baylor (Kaw) 4. Mike Witkowski (Hon) 5 Grant Davis (KTM) 6. Liam Draper (Yam) 7. Trevor Bollinger (Hus) 8. Josh Strang (She) 9. Ryder Lafferty (GG) 10. Angus Riordan (KTM) DeLong, Jonathan Girroir and Grant Baylor filled out the Powerline Park podium.