VOL. 54 ISSUE 7 FEBRUARY 22, 2017 P29
250AX West Lites
1. Heath Harrison (Yam)
2. Ryan Breece (Kaw)
3. Dylan Bolinger (Yam)
4. Jared Lesher (KTM)
5. Jeramy Taylor (KTM)
Cycle Trader and Rock River)
and Matt Georke (Rockstar En-
ergy/OTSFF/Yamaha) fought for
position right behind the leader.
Blose managed to get around
Owen but couldn't quite get
close enough to Faith to chal-
lenge the soon-to-be winner of
the race. Blose had to settle for
second, while Owen took third,
just ahead of Goerke.
Gared Steinke (Kawasaki) was
fifth.
In the second and final race,
Faith edged out Owen for the
holeshot, and as they fought
for positions, both Goerke and
Blose slipped past the two,
dropping Faith to third and Owen
to fourth.
Faith was pressuring Blose
for second when the red flag
came out for a fallen rider on
the 12th lap. This meant the
race had to be stopped and
restarted, single file. This turn
of events would benefit Owen
most; he blasted off the restart
and shot into second place and
stayed there for the duration of
the race.
Goerke held on for the win
(his first of the year), with Owen
taking second and Faith, who
managed to get around Blose
before it was all over, third.
Blose ended up having more
troubles and took the checkered
flag in seventh.
Owen was awarded the overall
victory but failed to gain any
points on his nearest rival, Faith,
in the championship. Owen still
leads Faith by 17 points. Goerke
is third, nine points behind Faith.
The Missouri race was also
the first round of the 250AX
West Lites Championship.
Alabama's Heath Harrison (Mo-
tosport/Quick Roofing/Super
Charged Energy Yamaha) got
into the lead early in the race
and never looking back en route
to victory.
Ryan Breece (Team Babbitt's/
GPF/Monster Energy Kawasaki/
MMCR) ended up taking second
after an impressive come-from-
behind ride.
Yamaha rider Dylan Bolinger
had a strong ride and finished
out the night on the podium in
third. CN
250AX Overall
1. Jace Owen (Hon) 3-2
2. Gavin Faith (Kaw) 1-3
3. Matt Goerke (Yam) 4-1
4. Gared Steinke (Kaw) 5-4
5. Chris Blose (Yam) 2-7
Matt Georke got
his first main-event
victory of the year
in the second main.
Heath Harrison won the opening
round of the West Championship.
