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couldn't get around me. She got next to me a couple of times, and we were side by side, but some of the lines she was taking to try and get around me didn't set her up very well." Stallings injured her hand in a crash on the second lap. "Me and Lachlan were fighting for the inside rut and neither of us would let off, and we just ran right into each other," said Stall - ings. "I smoked a tree and might have broken my knuckle. I laid there for a long time before I was able to get going again." The final eight laps gave Stall - ings just enough time to work her way back up to fifth at the finish, salvaging valuable championship points. Meanwhile, Jarvis took the win ahead of Turner, Phelps and Jamie Astudillo (KTM). Stallings got the holeshot in moto two but was soon passed by Jarvis. "I was just trying to pace Jordan the rest of the moto," said Stallings. "I was keeping an eye behind me because I knew Lachlan would be up there, although I think she might have gone down. I just tried to pace Jordan and sit in that second-place spot to set myself up onto the podium." Stallings finished the moto in second, one spot ahead of Turner, giving Stallings a 5-2 for third overall and Turner a 2-3 for third overall. Phelps finished fourth overall with a 3-4. "I started the first moto in eighth, so I had a couple of positions to make up at the beginning, and it took me a little while because the passing op - tions weren't great. It was a little bit of a one-line track, so you have to work to set up a pass," said Phelps. "Towards the end of the race, Kyleigh went down, and I moved into third, but Jordan and Turner were too far ahead to catch by the end of the moto. "In the second moto, I was stuck behind Jamie for a long time. She was riding fast, and I couldn't get around her. I think I passed her with a lap and a half to go. Turner went down twice, but she passed us back both times." Astudillo was in the mix after getting the early lead in moto one and finishing fourth. In the second moto, the KTM rider con - tinued her great starts by exiting the first turn in third behind Stall- ings and Jarvis. "In the first moto, I got off to a third place start right behind Stallings and Jordan, and then Jordan passed me halfway through the first and then Stall- ings and Turner got around me pretty quickly, so me and Phelps battled for the rest of the moto," said Astudillo. "It was a tough battle between me and Sophia the whole moto, then Stallings crashed hard halfway through the moto and finished behind me and Phelps. I ended up fourth. I'm not much of a sand rider, so I was pumped." Astudillo was fifth in moto two, giving her a 4-5 to round out the top five. Brianna Scheltema (KTM) went 7-6 for sixth overall, with Piper Bell (KTM) 6-7, Lilyenn Mitchell (Kawasaki) 8-8, Kaitlyn Lane (KTM) 10-9 and Nykea Wil - liams (Yamaha) 9-11 rounding out the top 10. Shan Moore OVERALL 1. Jordan Jarvis (Yam) 1-1 2. Lachlan Turner (Yam) 2-3 3. Kyleigh Stallings (Kaw) 5-2 4. Sophie Phelps (Kaw) 3-4 5. Jamie Astudillo (KTM) 4-5 6. Brianna Scheltema (KTM) 7-6 7. Piper Bell (KTM) 6-7 8. Lilyenn Mitchell (Kaw) 8-8 9. Kaitlyn Lane (KTM) 10-9 10. Nykea Williams (Yam) 9-11 WIND IN THE P50 Lachlan Turner was runner up.