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and capitalize and just make passes. I caught [Norman Racing KTM's] Kayden [Lynn], and then I caught [Pearson Farms Husqvar- na-mounted] Malcolm [Pearson, both Pro250s] probably four miles later. Axel tucked the front, and then Daemon crashed right in front of me! [Daemon Wool- slayer DNFed with a suspected concussion.] "Other than that, I rode smart. I knew [Roberts and Oliveira] were gone! I could tell they were battling just from their lines, and I knew there was really no point in me trying to bridge the gap to them, especially today with how fast it was." He finished about six and a half minutes behind Oliveira, with Malcolm Pearson less than a minute back and Lynn a further 12 seconds behind to join him on the Pro 250 podium. Thoma- selli leads Lynn in class points, 170-149. Though out with injury for much of the year, Axel Pearson rebounded from his spill with a hurt thumb, but adrenaline soon numbed the pain, and he took third Open Pro and sixth overall, followed by Johnny Campbell Racing Honda's Nolan Cate. Pro 250 riders Layton Smail on his Team Green/Canyon Excava- tion KX250 and Rayce Jenkins aboard his RycoMoto/Malachi Construction KX250 were next to the finish, with former series champ Dalton Shirey round- ing out the top 10 overall in a sample ride aboard a Norman Racing Husqvarna FE 450. After spending most of the season in Vet A, Jacob Nelson moved up to Pro Vet 35+ and took the win on his One Indus- tries YZ450F. The new class champion skipped the Muley Run after wrapping up the title earlier. Just behind Nelson in 22nd overall, Silvestri refused to ac- cept anything less than a win in Pro Women to keep her perfect season alive. However, she had to work for it, chasing Stout for most of the race with dust as the limiting factor, until she made a banzai pass. "There were a couple points where I was like, 'I have the speed and I'm going faster to- day, but I can't figure how to get around in the dust!' "Maybe 10 miles into the second loop, maybe less, we got onto a two-track gravelly road, so the dust wasn't super-bad. I just held it wide-open and hoped that was going to be the ticket to get around! It was a little game of chicken—she let up and I just held it on and was like, 'I'm will- ing to die for it right now!' It was a pretty ballsy move, but some- times that's what you've got to do to make it work on days like today where there's not much breathing room," the Precision Concepts/Racer Decal/Troy Lee Designs FC 250 rider said. Stout was a minute back at the finish on her Gainslinger Human Performance/Dunlop/ Moose 250 XC-F with Let's Ride/707 Suspension/FXR KX250-mounted Ashlee Gage third. Silvestri's perfect season to date puts her at 180 points, ahead of Stout at 146 and Gage third at 117. Mark Kariya OVERALL (Top 10) 1. Zane Roberts (Bet) 2:07:03 2. Dante Oliveira (KTM) 2:07:35 3. Ryder Thomaselli (Hus) 2:14:13 4. Malcolm Pearson (Hus) 2:15:04 5. Kayden Lynn (KTM) 2:15:16 6. Axel Pearson (Hus) 2:15:31 7. Nolan Cate (Hon) 2:15:43 8. Layton Smail (Kaw) 2:16:10 9. Rayce Jenkins (Kaw) 2:16:41 10. Dalton Shirey (Hus) 2:18:10 WIND IN THE P50 Ava Silvestri ate Rachel Stout's dust for the 40-mile first loop and much of the 36-mile second loop. A banzai pass on a fast gravel road sealed her sixth straight Pro Women win, locking up the championship one round early.