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Cycle News 2024 Issue 43 October 29

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Pulled a gap and maintained, and honestly, I'm pretty tired right now. It's hot out here; tough track, and for some reason it really took it out of me. Usually I'm pretty strong at the end, but I had nothing [today]." Semmens did have enough to best class runner-up Parker Ross by 26 seconds, the SLR Honda rider taking eighth overall with Purvines Racing/Simi Valley Cycles Yamaha-mounted Jack Simpson splitting them. Third Pro II and ninth overall be - longed to another Aussie, Sam Pretscherer on his Gol Gol Hotel Husqvarna, while Hatch Racing Kawasaki's Aeck rounded out the top 10. Nielsen's fifth straight Pro Women-class triumph—and seventh of the season—made it a cinch to defend the number- one plate on her Skechers/Pro Circuit/Alpinestars CRF250RX. Leading from just after the start, she insisted she didn't know clinching the championship was a possibility. "I didn't want to as - sume anything!" Nielsen said. "I didn't want to get my hopes up." With a suspected kill-switch issue causing her bike to run less than ideally, she opted to play it safe. "On one of the jumps, it died, so that kind of scared me, so I took the rest of the race just rolling everything." Mark Kariya PRO OVERALL (Top 10) 1. Dante Oliveira (KTM) 2. Austin Walton (Hus) 3. Tyler Lynn (Hon) 4. Ryan Surratt (Hon) 5. Dare DeMartile (Bet) 6. Mason Semmens (KTM) 7. Jack Simpson (Yam) 8. Parker Ross (Hon) 9. Samuel Pretscherer (Hus) 10. Colton Aeck (Kaw) WIND IN THE P38 With a possible kill-switch issue causing the bike to die at inopportune and unpredictable times, Mikayla Nielsen played it safe, yet still got the Pro Women's class win and title.

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