Saturday's moto three proved
to be a winner-take-all scenario.
Cannon crashed at the start while
the rest of the field took off with
-
out her. Nielsen capitalized on a
good start and led the opening
lap while Turner stalked the front-
runners. By the end of lap two,
Turner had already pushed into
the lead and never looked back.
The reigning number one showed
why she's the champ and sprinted
away to a 26-second gap. 2-1-
1 finishes earned her the final
overall of the year, along with her
second straight WMX title.
"It hasn't really sunk in yet,"
Turner said. "I rode my heart out
that moto. If you put your heart
into it and your mind into it and
work hard for it, it comes."
Mikayla Nielsen held on for
second in the final moto, marking
her best result of the weekend.
She took third overall and third in
the series points.
"I had a good first two rounds,
but after Thunder Valley, I've just
been stuck in a rut," Nielsen said.
"It was hard to swallow those
bad motos, but that's one thing
I've learned from this season
is just moving on from it…I was
able to do that today; just move
on and do my best this last
moto. I'm just happy to show
that I've progressed and that my
starts were better."
Charli Cannon battled back to
fourth place at the line after crash
-
ing in turn one. She used 1-2-4
finishes for second overall, along
with second in the championship.
"I knew crashing in that first turn
and only having a 12-minute moto
isn't ideal," Cannon said. "I got back
up and charged as hard as I could,
but I had some really sketchy mo
-
ments, and that's just stuff I need
to work on for the future. Clean up
those mistakes when things don't
really go your way. But just trying
to weave through lappers was one
of the hardest things."
Ryan Nitzen
OVERALL (Top 5)
1. Lachlan Turner (Yam) 2-1-1
2. Charli Cannon (Hon) 1-2-4
3. Mikayla Nielsen (Hon) 4-4-2
4. Jordan Jarvis (Yam) 3-3-5
5. Kyleigh Stallings (Kaw) 5-5-3
WIND
IN THE
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Charli Cannon started
the weekend strong with
a moto win, but mistakes
dropped her to second
overall in the race and
the championship.
Mikayla Nielsen
ended the day third
overall and third in the
championship.
