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two riders battled mistakes and
soft conditions for the win. In
both instances, Webb emerged
victorious in the closing stages
of the race. He regained addi-
tional championship points and
now leads
by 11.
"Once I got around Ken, I final-
ly just took a breath and started
really upping
the pace to try and
match Chase's speed," Webb
said. "The last half I feel like we
were really pushing the pace. It
kind of getting held up, but it was
hard to make passes. Chase got
us both at that time, and for me, I
knew it was time to go."
The key moment of the race
arrived as both riders made
simultaneous mistakes with two
laps remaining. Webb rebounded
quicker and tripled past Sexton
in the next rhythm lane, main-
taining the lead through to the
finish.
This plotline felt eerily like
Seattle 2024, where the same
51 JUSTIN BARCIA
8TH 450SX
Justin Barcia crashed in the main
but remounted for a top 10. "I was
dicing with the front-runners and
cross-rutted a little bit, casing a jump
really hard, which made me lose a lot
of positions and put me well back,"
Barcia said. "It was a disappointing
night for me in the end, as I was in a
good position to score a solid result,
so it was frustrating."
32 JUSTIN COOPER
6TH 450SX
"It was a good day," said Justin Coo-
per. "I qualified first and got my first
heat win of my career in this class,
so that was special. I just felt like I
clicked with the track. I don't know if
that was just me progressing or if I
just felt that good on this track, but it
was definitely working well for me. I
was in a good spot in the main—third
and fourth for most of it. I got around
Kenny and got into the podium spot
with around four minutes left, and
that's pretty much when I crashed.
That was unfortunate, but that's how
it goes."
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