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Sam Pretscherer had a much better start than at round one on his Precision Concepts/Golden- tyre/Troy Lee Designs FX 250. Pretscherer was second in Pro II last weekend. "Super-happy with my start! I've been struggling the whole last year with my starts in Hare & Hound, and I finally have it fig - ured out, I think," he said. "I just got through the first loop con- trolling the race. The start of the second loop, I didn't want to take any unnecessary risks. I feel like I race every race like it's a GP when I get bad starts. So, I finally got the chance just to breathe and trail ride at a faster pace. Honestly, it was probably faster overall; I rode my own race and didn't get lost once." Giving up a spot to Shirey on the second loop put the Aussie into fifth overall, well clear of sixth overall and Pro 250 runner- up Chance Fullerton, the Dallas Chidester (DC) Racing/Pirelli/ FXR KX250 rider coming through the pack after a mediocre start. But snapping his rear-brake pedal off early on the second loop forced him to readjust his pace, and he finished four minutes back of Pretscherer and 27 seconds ahead of third Pro 250 Cody Simpson's Simi Valley Cycles Yamaha/TBT Racing/ O'Neal Racing YZ250. Johnny Campbell Racing (JCR) Honda's Nolan Cate matched his round-one finish of eighth overall and fourth in Pro 250 ahead of Let's Ride Gas Gas-mounted Madden Kirsch (fifth in Pro 250) and Ride With The Knights Sherco rider Josh Knight. Kyle Tichenor was one of the few who might've ridden the area before, living in nearby Mes - quite. He enjoyed a decent start aboard his Mark E. Tichenor CPA/Prime Excavation Yamaha to dominate Pro Vet 35+, fin - ishing 11th overall. DC Racing Kawasaki's Mike Jensen earned second with moto-journalist Jimmy Lewis visiting out of retirement for third aboard his DirtBikeTest.com/Klim-backed WR450F. Pro Women saw a rejuvenated Ava Silvestri stalk three-time champ Rachel Stout throughout the first 35 miles, trailing the FMF RPM Racing KTM rider by nine seconds into the pits. "I'd say about five miles into the second loop, I was like, 'Hey, I've got to do something before we get into the technical stuff.' We were on the super-long, rocky road and I was waiting for her [Stout] to let off [at the end of it] and I could hold it [on] just a little longer. She let off, and I was like, 'Here's my opportunity!' to hold it one or two seconds longer. That's where I got by her, and at that point, I was just try - ing to use the dust to my advan- tage." The 395 Motorsports/FMF/ Troy Lee Designs GasGas EX 250F rider bested Stout by 1:38 with Pure Adrenaline Yamaha- mounted Ty Woolslayer third. Mark Kariya OVERALL (Top 10) 1. Zane Roberts (Bet) 2. Dante Oliveira (KTM) 3. Daemon Woolslayer (Hus) 4. Dalton Shirey (Hus) 5. Sam Pretscherer (Hus) 6. Chance Fullerton (Kaw) 7. Cody Simpson (Yam) 8. Nolan Cate (Hon) 9. Madden Kirsch (GG) 10. Joshua Knight (She) WIND IN THE P46 Sutton Mills leads into the wash before the end of the bomb. He dominated the combined Youth race, besting fellow Big Wheel rider Leed Lulis and Tristan Kay.