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Baylor effectively covered his
lines and crossed the finish one
second ahead of DuVall.
As Baylor and DuVall pulled
away on the final lap, DeLong
would cross the finish line fifth
for the day.
Strang was among the front-
runners early in the race, but the
Aussie found that his shoulder
would not hold up for the entire
six laps. He crossed the line
eighth on lap four—his last lap of
the day. Ultimately, Strang was
credited with 12th in XC1 and
140th overall.
In XC2 Pro Lites, Husqvarna
Support Rider Craig DeLong
grabbed the $100 Hot Cams
Holeshot Award and headed into
the woods first. As the XC2 rid-
ers came through the motocross
track and towards the finish
on lap one it would be Lojak
Cycles' Ryan Lojak leading the
way followed by Raines Riding
University/Atlas Yamaha's Ricky
Russell and Rocky Mountain
ATV MC/KR4/FAR's Nick Davis.
Ricky Russell moved into the
lead on lap two and ran up front
until pressure came from Davis
and DirtWise/Maxxis rider Jason
Thomas.
Ultimately it was Davis who
moved his way into the lead on
lap four, and held it to capture
his third victory of the season.
Thomas finished 21 seconds
behind Davis earning second
place followed by Ricky Russell
in third. XC2 rookie, DeLong
crossed the line in fourth fol-
lowed by MCS Racing's Callan
May, who would earn his best
finish of the season with fifth
place.
Lojak, meanwhile, suffered a
mechanical issue and lost valu-
able time as his pit crew scram-
bled to fix his brakes. They were
unable to solve the problem,
leaving Lojak to ride very cau-
tiously for the remaining three
laps and fall back to 14th in XC2.
Factory FMF/KTM's Kacy
Martinez grabbed another win
in the WXC Class, followed by
the N-Fab AmPro Yamaha duo of
Becca Sheets and Jessica Pat-
terson, rounding out the podium.
These women also grabbed the
top three overall positions in the
morning bike race. CN
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
KEN
HILL
Only a day after
competing in the Pro
Motocross National
in Tennessee, Ryan
Sipes rode to a strong
second-place finish.
AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer John
Penton was on hand to present
Russell with this trophy made from
an original Penton gas tank.
