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regular to third. With two laps to
go, McAllister was putting the
pressure on Stump, but Stump
held on to take the win.
Fellow RSR KTM rider Dustin
Hoffman finished just off the
podium in fourth, followed by
Intents Racing Honda's Tyler
O'Hara.
McAllister realized what he did
wrong: biding his time in second
for too long. He was not going to
make that mistake twice. Stump
scored his fourth holeshot of the
season, but McAllister was not
going to let his teammate lead the
way, and he made a bold pass
early on and built a comfortable
lead to take his third win of the
season.
"I think I was just being a little
too patient in that first race and
that kind of cost me a little bit,"
McAllister said. "In the second
race, I made it a little bit easier
on myself. I was able to use all
the aggression that I didn't use
in the first race as quick as pos-
sible to get out front and do what
I normally try to do, which is put
in some really fast laps in the
beginning and break away."
Hoffman made the most out
of Stump's error to take second,
making it a RSR KTM podium
sweep in race two. Rounding out
the top five was Boyd Brower, on
a Yamaha, and Laforge.
The Pro Lites race was a
wild one as the battle resumed
between series' points leader
Josh Jackson, on the Lean Six
Sigma Racing Husqvarna, and
reigning champion Nicky Reimer
on the Tri-County Powersports
Husqvarna. As the pair duked
it out, Damn Dummy Racing's
Cameron Walsh was waiting to
take advantage of the fallout. It
paid off as Reimer came togeth-
er with Jackson at the top off
the hill on the last lap, allowing
Welsh to slip through and take
his first win in the championship.
Reimer was able to get up
quickly and salvaged a second-
place finish. PDRacing Suzuki's
Dawson Schieffer was right
behind in third, bumping Jack-
son off the podium and shaking
up the title chase. Rounding out
the top five was privateer Brady
Tauson on a Kawasaki.
Fifty-four-year-old Lee
Schmidt took top honors in
the National Amateur class in
his first ever Supermoto race.
Joining Schmidt on the podium
was Sergio Di Molfetta and Tom
Taylor, making it a New England
sweep. CN
Pro Open Race One:
1. Eric Stump (KTM)
2. Gage McAllister (KTM)
3. Jake Laforge (KTM)
4. Dustin Hoffman (KTM)
5. Tyler O'Hara (Hon)
Pro Open Race Two:
1. Gage McAllister (KTM)
2. Dustin Hoffman (KTM)
3. Eric Stump (KTM)
4. Boyd Brower (Yam)
5. Jake Laforge (KTM)
Pro Lites:
1. Cameron Welsh (Hon)
2. Nicky Reimer (Hus)
3. Dawson Schieffer (Suz)
4. Josh Jackson (Hus)
5. Brady Tauson (Kaw)
Cameron Welsh took advantage
of other people's mistakes to take
the Pro Lites victory.
