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A disappointed Hoeft reflected on a race where he demonstrat- ed competitive speed aboard his Hatch Racing/Maxima/Fast House KX450SR until the final lap and admitted, "I guess I need to train." Fifth went to Slam Life Racing (SLR) Honda's Tyler Lynn, a knee injury suffered the week before proving a hindrance to his speed. (Only class results were available at press time.) In Pro II (for 250s), Lynn's SLR Honda teammate Sam Pretscher - er rebounded from an okay start to put himself near the front early on astride his Lava Pro - pane/Mother F Bars/Fly Racing CRF250RX, but it took nearly half the race before he could sneak past class leader Evan Stice. Idaho resident Stice proved to be a formidable challenge aboard his Let's Ride/MSR YZ250F, with Pretscherer noting, "Evan Stice was pushing me the whole day, he was ripping! It was sick! I love having races like that." FMF RPM Racing KTM's Cole Zeller was third, which was disappointing on the heels of his round-six win. Pro Women saw current champ Mikayla Nielsen once again storm to the front aboard her SLR Honda CRF250RX with all indications of a class-leading sixth triumph—this after racing WMX at Ironman Raceway in Indiana the previous two days. However, it was not to be as a suspected electrical issue caused her bike to run rough and finally quit in the latter stages, though she got restarted and held on to second. Instead, Norman Racing Husqvarna's Ava Silvestri (who also hopped aboard the private jet SLR Honda arranged for after Ironman) took her second victory of the season, unofficially clos - ing the points gap to 15 behind Nielsen, 200-185. The FMF/Blud Lubricants/Troy Lee Designs FC 250 rider found off-road racing after a summer of WMX a difficult transition. "I think the real challenge was more just mental because I really want to go home after being on the road for so long," Silvestri said. "Physi- cally, at the beginning of the race I was a bit slow and couldn't really figure out how to ride the track until I pitted. I honestly felt like I was riding with my eyes closed at the beginning! Not much of that [motocross] intensity carried over today and I definitely noticed that. At the beginning it felt kind of like a trailside! This is not how I want to inherit the lead, but you take what you can get sometimes. I'm just more bummed on the fact that I wasn't riding that great so I didn't really feel that it translated over to me getting a win, but sometimes that's just the circumstances and you take what you can get." Carl's Cycle Sales KTM- mounted Addie Nichols rounded out the podium in third, her first Pro-class podium since moving up before the break. Mark Kariya OVERALL PRO (Top 10) 1. Mason Semmens (KTM) 2. Dante Oliveira (KTM) 3. Dare DeMartile (Bet) 4. Justin Hoeft (Kaw) 5. Tyler Lynn (Hon) 6. Henry Millecam (KTM) 7. Clayton Gerstner (Bet) 8. Tristun Alvarez (Kaw) 9. Mateo Oliveira (Hus) 10. Nolan Cate (Hon) Ava Silvestri took advantage of Mikayla Nielsen's mechanical to win the NGPC Pro Women's class. WIND IN THE P50