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FAITH, OWEN SPLIT NASHVILLE ARENACROSS WINS
T
he fourth round of the 2017
Amsoil Arenacross season
made its stop at the Bridgestone
Arena in Nashville, Tennessee,
January 28, which saw two dif-
ferent main-event winners in the
250AX class, but it was Jace
Owens (TiLUBE/Jack Link's/
TUF Racing Honda) who came
away with the overall victory
to extend his lead in the 2017
championship.
In the East Regional AX Lites
class, Jacob Williamson (Bab-
bitt's/GPF/Monster Energy
Kawasaki/MMCR) came away
with the victory.
Owen didn't get the start he
wanted in the first of two main
events. He was fourth after the
first lap but struggled to make
passes. Owen spent the rest
of the race battling with Matt
Goerke who he passed on lap
nine of the 15-lap race. Owen
would hold the position for the
rest of the race, unable to gain
much ground on the two riders
ahead of him.
Ben Lamay (TiLUBE/Jack
Link's/TUF Racing Honda)
ended up taking the win, the first
of the season, ahead of Gavin
Faith (Team Babbitt's/Monster
Energy/Amsoil Kawasaki).
Chris Blose (Rockstar Ener-
gy/OTSFF/Yamaha) was fifth.
Owen bounced backed for
the win in the second race. He
got out in front early and never
looked back, holding off Goerke
the whole way.
Blose fought his way into third
early in the race and held off
Faith for third place.
Gared Steinke was fourth,
while Lemay slipped back to
fifth.
Owen's 3-1 bettered Faith's
2-4 for the overall victory, while
Goerke took third overall with a
4-2. Lamay was fourth overall
despite a win on Saturday and
Blose fifth with a 5-3 score.
In the points race, Owen
(with seven main-event wins)
now leads Faith (two wins) by 21
points, and Georke is third, four
points behind Faith.
Williamson finished ahead of
Isaac Teasdale (KTM) to win the
East Lites main, while points
leader Justin Cooper (Yamaha)
grabbed third.
Cooper holds just a four-point
lead on Williamson in the cham-
pionship, with Heath Harrison
(KTM) in third, 12 points behind
Williamson.
Teasdale is fourth in the
championship, just two points
behind Harrison. CN
250AX Main 1
1. Ben Lamay (Hon)
2. Gavin Faith (Kaw)
3. Jace Owen (Hon)
4. Matt Goerke (Yam)
5. Chris Blose (Yam)
250AX Main 2
1. Jace Owen (Hon)
2. Matt Goerke (Yam)
3. Chris Blose (Yam)
4. Gavin Faith (Kaw)
5. Gared Steinke (Kaw)
Jace Owen
came away
as the overall
winner at
the Nashville
Arenacross.
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