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less, wire-to-wire performance,
she surged to a landmark victory
ahead of van Drunen, while Turner
fought her way home for third.
Nielsen and Cannon completed
the top five.
On Saturday, a huge first-turn
pileup brought out the red flag,
leaving Herrick out of the race.
When the race restarted, Turner
seized the holeshot and imme-
diately established a clear lead,
heading a tightly packed group
that included McCutcheon, Can-
non, Nielsen and Jordan Jarvis
(Yamaha). Meanwhile, van Drunen
was left to charge through the
field from midpack after a dam-
aged holeshot device compro-
mised her launch at the start.
As the race settled into a
rhythm, Turner methodically
extended her advantage to more
than seven seconds, with Can-
non, Nielsen, Jarvis and van
Drunen forming the chasing pack.
However, with just two laps re-
maining, the race took a dramatic
turn. Turner's commanding ride
unraveled when she cross-rutted
and went down, opening the door
for Cannon to capitalize. Al-
though Turner remounted quickly
to salvage second place, there
was no catching Cannon, who
sprinted clear to secure the vic-
tory. Turner finished second, with
Nielsen in third. The result proved
decisive overall, as Cannon's 5-1
scores edged Turner's 3-2 on
the tiebreaker, earning Cannon
a landmark first career overall
victory. Van Drunen secured
third overall with a 2-4 tally, while
Nielsen (4-3) and Jarvis (6-5)
completed the top five.
"That was wild," said Can-
non. "I got a good start that first
go-round and I had the lead but
then it got red-flagged. I was so
disappointed. I got another good
jump on the restart and was
running behind Lala [Turner] until
she went down and I was able to
capitalize on her mistake. After
Friday's fifth-place finish, I was
a little down, but I made up for it
today."
Shan Moore
OVERALL (Top 10)
1. Charli Cannon (Hon) 5-1
2. Lachlan Turner (Yam) 3-2
3. Lotte van Drunen (Yam) 2-4
4. Mikayla Nielsen (Hon) 4-3
5. Jordan Jarvis (Yam) 6-5
6. Taylah McCutcheon (Kaw) 7-6
7. Jamie Astudillo (GG) 9-7
8. Emma Milesevic (Yam) 11-8
9. Mayla Herrick (Hon) 1-29
10. Piper Bell (KTM) 10-10
Lachlan Turner's win
streak came to an end,
with second overall.
