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cross rhythm section, where Hill used his Supercross experience to make up times on the bottom and carried his momentum over the cliff at the top. He won the 450 Exhibition class on his 2024 Yamaha YZ450F and the Open class on his custom-built Ya - maha MT-09. Saturday was round four of the AMA CFMoto Motoclimb Su - per Series, presented by Hi-Tech Motorsports. The weather coop- erated for most of the weekend until Saturday afternoon, when over 50-mile-per-hour winds blew for several hours, creating difficulties for the organizers and the racers themselves. In the Pro Mod class, Jake Anstett bumped times back and forth with Hill, but ended up winning the class with an incredibly quick 16.670-second ride aboard his KTM 550, which was over 1.3 seconds faster than Hill's second-place run. Four-time MSS Champion Logan Cipala ended up in third. In the Pro Open class, several nitromethane machines took to the line, some pushing over 200 horsepower and using steel chains on the rear wheels to hook up on the hard-packed hill. Out of the 36 competitors in this class, only 13 went over, receiv - ing a time rather than footage. Nick Beer kicked off the class with a clean 22-second pass, riding his Suzuki GSX-R750 on ni- tromethane. It wasn't long before Anstett bumped that time on his KTM 1190 with a 19.285-second pass. Hill responded with an 18.882-second pass for the lead on his Yamaha MT-09, but two riders later, Cipala put together a 17.446-second pass on his Buell 1190HCR to hold onto the lead going into the second round. In the second round, Anstett improved his last time but was still behind Cipala by a tenth of a second. Jon Wolfson (Livermore, CA) threw down a 17.43-second heater on his Suzuki GSX-R750 to beat Cipala and the rest of the field for the class win. In the Pro Stock class, a short - er hill was used to speed up the day's program. Hill won this class on his 2024 Yamaha YZ450F with a 10.925-second ride, with Cipala and Logan Mead finishing within a few tenths behind on their KTM 450SX-F. The top 32 of the Pro Stock class went on to the Verti- cross bracket. Metal starting pads and mo- tocross gates were at the start of some of the most exciting racing of the weekend, where racers went head-to-head up a rhythm section and up the face of the hill. Tight head-to-head battles got the crowd cheer - ing, as Hill was the only one to jump the top on his stock-length bike as he moved ahead in the bracket. Hill and Cipala met in the finals, but Hill took the win in this class. Sixteen-year-old Max Geisler was the 27th seeded rider, but worked his way into the third-place runoff against Jon Wolfson, beating him to secure the final spot on the podium. The overall score was tied between Cipala and Hill, with 37 points each, but Cipala had the bet- ter finish in the Pro Open class, earning him the overall victory at the Nitro National Pro Hillclimb. Matt Musgrove OVERALL PRO MOD (Top 10) 1. Jake Anstett (KTM) 2. Josh Hill (Yam) 3. Logan Cipala (KTM) 4. Payton Reimers (KTM) 5. Logan Mead (KTM) 6. Jon Wolfson (KTM) 7. Ryan Gallegos (Hon) 8. Dexter Hoenhause (KTM) 9. Tyler Cardwell (Hus) 10. Bronson Foianini (KTM) WIND IN THE P56 Logan Cipala was the overall Motoclimb Super Series winner.