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clean and composed race aboard his SLR Honda. He ran second on the opening lap, just under two seconds off the pace, then set the fastest lap of the Pro 450 class on lap two with a 9:14. From there, he led every lap, and when the weath- er turned the track into a mess, he stayed steady. By the end of the 12 laps, he had pulled nearly five min- utes on the field. Dare DeMartile took second, and Giacomo Redon- di was third. Tristun Alvarez held fourth on his Kawasaki through the closing laps. Semmens' fifth-place finish, after a push few riders could have managed in those conditions, may be one of the season's most important results. Hayden Florez was the only Pro 450 rider who did not finish. The Pro 250 class also changed direction early. Cole Zeller came into the weekend wanting to put Bunker Hill's misfortune behind him, and for the first two laps, it looked like he would. Zeller led lap one on his KTM and pulled away again on lap two, with SLR Honda's Sam Pretscherer sitting second about 2.5 seconds back. Then Zeller made a small mistake in the Pro section on lap three. Pretscherer, who had been quietly apply- ing pressure, took the lead and never gave it back. Once in front, Pretscherer rode like someone who had it all figured out. His sec- ond lap, a 9:22, was the class's fastest. He stretched his lead to more than 15 seconds on lap four, a minute by lap seven, and over two minutes at the finish, even as the rain intensified and lap times climbed past 10 minutes. The win, paired with Lynn's in the Pro 450 class, gave SLR Honda a sweep of the Pro classes on a day when finishing at all was an accomplishment. He not only finished first in the class, but SLR Honda went 1-2 overall, with Pretscherer taking first overall. Zeller held on to second for a strong result on a difficult day, and Colton Aeck moved into third on his Honda midway through the race and never faltered. David "Racer" Fry took fourth on his Kawasaki on his home turf, and Noah Gordon of Tucson was fifth. Kayden Lynn took sixth and Harlem Nelson was seventh. Both fought through the worst of it, Lynn completing nine laps and Nelson seven. With one round left, the Pro 450 title fight is wide open. Semmens still leads, but the margin has shrunk dramati- cally, and a mechanical issue in Nevada could swing the champi- onship in the final round. In the Women's Pro class, Lauren Woods of Mission Viejo, California, wrapped up the 2026 championship with a dominant ride on her GasGas. She led every one of the five laps, and her lap two, a 10:37, was the quickest of the day. It marks back-to-back titles for Woods. Rachel Burton of Springville, Utah, rode her Kawa- saki to second, finishing four laps. Now the series heads to the fi- nale. Round 10 will decide the Pro 450 championship, and after what the storm did to Mesquite, nobody is counting anything out. Connor Moore PRO 450 (Top 5) 1. Tyler Lynn (Hon) 1:57:47.948 2. Dare DeMartile (Bet) 2:02:32.531 3. Giacomo Redondi (Kaw) 1:57:55.025 (11 laps) 4. Tristun Alvarez (Kaw) 1:58:54.110 5. Mason Semmens (KTM) 1:58:25.233 (7 laps) PRO 250 (Top 5) 1. Sam Pretscherer (Hon) 1:56:57.518 (12 laps) 2. Cole Zeller (KTM) 1:59:13.605 3. Colton Aeck (Hon) 2:02:53.738 4. David Fry (Kaw) 2:06:01.733 5. Noah Gordon (KTM) 1:56:08.078 (10 Laps) WIND IN THE P38 Lauren Woods clinched the Women's Pro title.