was hard. The tight stuff made
it so we weren't doing a million
laps, and they did a really good
job today on the course layout."
Aeck continues to rebuild
from his concussion in Janu
-
ary and earned second Pro 250
and fourth overall on his Hatch
Racing/McCarthy Electric/O'Neal
Racing KX250, followed by the
fast-closing Pretscherer and
Zeller. 395 Motorsports Husqvar
-
na's Ryder Thomaselli was 12
seconds behind Zeller, and his
first time off the podium this sea-
son drops him to second in Pro
250 points behind Aeck, 94-92.
Defending Pro 250 champ
Layton Smail finished sixth in the
stacked class and eighth overall
on his Canyon Excavation/Team
Green KX250, followed by 250cc
A winner Lane Lorenzo aboard
his 707 Suspension GasGas. Lo
-
renzo suffered a possible broken
hand after crashing early.
Racer Decal GasGas rider Zach
Kerling rounded out the top 10
overall and was seventh Pro 250.
The 90-minute morning race
saw 395 Motorsports/Dunlop/
Troy Lee Designs GasGas rider
Ava Silvestri blow away the field
at a venue she knows well, best
-
ing runner-up Rachel Stout by
over nine minutes.
Though the three-time AMA
WHS Pro Women champ isn't
chasing the title this year, her
performance demonstrated her
resilience after a nearly non-stop
schedule of races around the
country this year. Additionally, it
demonstrated her ability to turn
a slump around, as this came on
the heels of her Hare & Hound win
in Utah the previous weekend.
"For those three weekends in
a row that I was not doing very
well, I think it was just more like
a mental [block]," Silvestri said. "I
would say I never lost any speed
or anything over those last
couple weeks. Maybe I did gain
some speed—I'm not exactly
sure, but it was definitely a men
-
tal [block I overcame]."
FMF RPM Racing KTM's Stout
continues to lead the points
chase, however, with 106, while
Woolslayer Racing Yamaha
rider Ty Woolslayer sits second
at 92. She rallied back to finish
the day third after getting stuck
on a hill with both Ashlee Gage
and Catalina Springstroh pass
-
ing her there, though Woolslayer
repassed both by the end.
Mark Kariya
OVERALL (Top 10)
1. Mateo Oliveira (KTM)
2. Zane Roberts (Bet)
3. Dustyn Davis (GG)
4. Colton Aeck (Kaw)
5. Samuel Pretscherer (Hus)
6. Cole Zeller (Hus)
7. Ryder Thomaselli (Hus)
8. Layton Smail (Kaw)
9. Lane Lorenzo (GG)
10. Zachary Kerling (GG)
WIND
IN THE
P46
Three-time Pro Women
champ Ava Silvestri
claimed the holeshot and
a runaway win.
