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I was very nervous coming into it, but I just focused on myself during the race and thought about riding the best I could in each moment. The win is good and everything, but I think I'm just happy with my performance and where I'm at. I think it'll be a good spot going into the national races next year." "That was the theme of the day," said Quinn. "[I was] literally just wheel-to-wheel with James all day. I got in front of him, he was on my wheel, and then he got in front of me. We just never lost each other. There was only one tough spot on the track where we had to get off and push on lap one—that was it. Whoever got out of that spot first, made it to the finish first. It was just single-track from there to the finish, so I knew in my mind that whoever was getting out of there first on lap three was going to win, and that's how it happened. This was probably the most fun I've ever had at this event; the club put a lot of work into it, and I think they did a great job." Third place was a battle be - tween Liqui Moly Factory Beta Team's Danny Lewis, Rieju USA's Hayden Mosa and Champion Brick's Tobin Miller. This was Lewis's first race after a six-month hiatus battling Lyme disease. Unfortunately, he found himself last going into the woods when his bike wouldn't start on the line. After catching up to Mosa, the two riders' bikes hooked up and crashed in the middle of the course. With nowhere to go, the rider immediately behind rode over Lewis' bike, catching and re - moving the right handguard in the process, causing him to spend the rest of the race battling with saplings on the narrow course try- ing to engage his front brake. Mosa's levers and front end were twisted, and the crash quickly left him as the last rider from the front row. He was able to keep pace and make the pass on Lewis and Miller at the beginning of lap two. Toward the end of the lap, he got a little off his line, and a small sapling hit his brake line perfectly, snapping it clean off the master cylinder. Finishing out the lap and easing his bike back to the pit area, he repaired the line, but the brakes wouldn't bleed. The leaders had already finished their three laps, and Mosa decided to call his race there. He would place seventh on the day in the Pro class. Miller would keep pace with the leaders until a side hill had his number, allowing Mosa and Lewis to make the pass. He would find a bit more flow in the third lap, finishing 12 minutes behind Lewis for fourth place. "I think today was pretty good given my circumstances," said Lewis. "I caught up to Quinn [Went - zel] and James [Flynn] and tried to ride with them for a little bit. It felt like the pace was good and every time I tried to pass those guys, I would wreck. It was super hard to pass, so if you tried to make a pass, you were doing a line you didn't want to do or you were doing a line that was kind of stupid; every time I tried to do one, maybe it would go well, maybe it wouldn't. I would end up wrecking and falling back. It just kept snowballing until I was about five or 10 minutes behind. I'm happy with how I felt today for not doing anything for [almost] six months." Rounding out the top five was Jeremie Lanthier. The USHE East Hard Enduro series will conclude on October 27 with the Fallen Timbers Hard Enduro in Little Hocking, Ohio. Stephanie Vetterly OVERALL PRO 1. James Flynn (Bet) 2. Quinn Wentzel (Rie) 3. Daniel Lewis (Bet) 4. Tobin Miller (KTM) 5. Jeremie Lanthier (Hus) 6. Zach Huegel (Bet) 7. Hayden Mosa (Rie) WIND IN THE P52 Daniel Lewis was third overall.