held me off," said Barnes. "It
was kind of cat and mouse, and
I kind of told myself, 'Man, we're
just going to have to do a Hail
Mary.' I just ended up tagging
his rear tire, and I ended up just
going down."
Draper put on a hard charge
at the end of the race to fin
-
ish fifth overall. Witkowski ran
near the front early and finished
sixth.
my thing for a few more miles
and eventually just let them by."
Barnes and Riordan had a
titanic battle all race. In the final
turn, with Riordan in the lead,
Barnes went for a gutsy pass
but went down. Riordan ended
up third overall, with Barnes in
fourth.
"On that last lap, I closed the
gap on Angus, and I tried to get
by in a couple of places, but he
I tried to charge from there. I
felt pretty good, but those last
two laps, I was struggling. The
track was fast, rough and hard,
and man, I was sliding and get
-
ting kicked and bucked all over
the place. I did the best I could.
I tried to push and pull away,
hoping I could do something
that last hour, but like I said, I
struggled even worse. Once he
caught me, you know, I just did
ROUND 7 / MAY 18, 2025
IRONMAN RACEWAY / CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA
OFF-ROAD I PROGRESSIVE GRAND NATIONAL CROSS-COUNTRY SERIES, PRESENTED BY SPECIALIZED
P62
Jonathan Johnson
won the FMF XC3
125cc class for the
third time in a row.
