out swinging for the second
moto," said Turner. "I was not
letting anyone beat me."
Cannon is starting to gain her
footing on American soil and
gave Turner her best challenge
of the season.
"It was a step in the right direc
-
tion," said Cannon. "I was happy
with the first moto. It was a cool
race for Turner and me. Lachlan
and I just swapped leads and
battled the whole moto, and I'm
super happy to have won that
one. The second race, I haven't
been getting good starts this
weekend, but I was in third, and
I made my way to second, but I
didn't really feel this one. I made
too many mistakes. Obviously,
I had quite a big crash over a
step-up, which bent my bike, but I
finished second, which I'm proud
of myself for pushing on."
Nielsen was third overall,
despite two big crashes on con
-
secutive weekends.
"I crashed last week at Iron-
man and was kind of banged up
from that, and then this weekend
I had a situation where my bike
stepped out and I crashed pretty
hard again in qualifying," said
Nielsen. "So, I didn't get the most
out of practice. I was kind of a lit
-
tle unsure with the moto-one race,
but I rode my best, and we were
just chasing bike setup in this last
moto. I'm sure everyone is, but I'm
from California and we're used to
hard pack, so I thought this track
would have been good for me, but
it just sucked watching them kind
of walk away from me when I felt
like I was riding good."
With one round remaining
at Budds Creek on August 22,
Turner leads the championship
with 217 points, followed by
Cannon with 193. Nielsen is third
with 182, while Stallings and
Jarvis round out the top five with
153 and 151, respectively.
Shan Moore
1. Lachlan Turner (Yam) 2-1
2. Charli Cannon (Hon) 1-2
3. Mikayla Nielsen (Hon) 3-3
4. Jordan Jarvis (Yam) 4-4
5. Kyleigh Stallings (Kaw) 5-5
6. Jamie Astudillo (KTM) 6-6
7. Nanami Honda (Yam) 7-7
8. Destiny Burgess (KTM) 8-8
9. Jaylie Gallacher (Hon) 9-9
10. Kaitlyn Jacobs (Hon) 11-10
WIND
IN THE
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Charli Cannon (7) gave Lachlan a
battle en route to second overall.
The two traded moto wins.
Mikayla Nielsen, Lachlan and Cannon
made up the Unadilla podium.
