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"I got off to a third-place start and made a couple of passes," said Barnes. "Pretty soon, I was in the back of the XC1 guys, and it was hard to pass with the dust in the fields. No one wanted to let each other pass, and I get it, but I just put my head down and charged as hard as I could. Second overall on the day is good, and for Phoenix Honda to go one and two overall, that's cool for the team. It shows the progression we've made, so overall it was a good day." As he did at the previous round, the John Penton GNCC, Draper led part of the race and was in the mix for the overall. In the end, the Kiwi finished third overall. "I got a pretty average start," said Draper. "I don't know where We just kept the momentum going..and I knew I got this; just take it home to the finish." "It's been a long road with a lot of injuries between now and my first championship, and not many people are able to do it twice. It was an honor to battle with Grant all year. He and I were so close all season, and it took me to ride at my absolute best to beat him. We had some inconsis - tencies, but in the end, I was the most consistent and put myself in a good position off the start today. I wanted the win, but I pri- oritized bringing it home safely with the big picture in mind." Second overall and first in the XC2 division went to Barnes, his second consecutive runner-up overall finish. focus," said Kelley. "I wanted that overall title. I'm stoked, but I wish I had had a better race to cap off the season with a win. I put myself in a good position and felt like I had the speed those first few laps, and I was kind of just going to try to save some energy till the end, but once I was behind Jordan, my bike just sucked a little too much dust and she started to bog down. I had to kind of nurse it to the finish. I don't know what lap that was, three or four, and then yeah, we did an air filter swap. I dropped quite a few places back to ninth or some - thing, and at that point, I knew Grant was out, and then I was just fighting the track. It was all I could do to get it to the finish. ROUND 13 / OCTOBER 26, 2025 IRONMAN RACEWAY / CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA OFF-ROAD I PROGRESSIVE GRAND NATIONAL CROSS-COUNTRY SERIES P82 Korie Steede won the WXC class and secured the class championship.