forward progress continued on
lap four when he passed Stein-
ke in the whoops to move into
second behind his teammate.
By this point, though, Blose had
opened a gap of nearly three
seconds, and while Goerke did
all he could to erase the deficit,
he soon ran out of time.
Blose took his first main event
win of the season, crossing the
line 1.7 seconds ahead of Goer-
ke, which gave the Rockstar
Energy/OTSFF Yamaha team its
first-ever 1-2 finish. Steinke held
on for a solid third-place finish,
with Owen fourth and Faith fifth.
Points leader Owen snatched
the holeshot to start the second
main, though, and flat-out took
off. Babbitt's teammates Travis
Sewell and Faith rounded out
the top three, but soon came
under fire from teammates
Goerke and Blose. Goerke
made it through them the most
effectively, passing his way up
to second before the checkered
flag, while Blose could only
muster fourth, leaving Faith to
finish a solid third in the main.
When the overall results were
tallied, Blose's (1-4) extra bonus
point from the Head 2 Head
Challenge gave him a one-
point edge over Owen (4-1) and
Goerke (2-2), who tied for sec-
ond, giving Blose his first victory
of the season. Faith was fourth
(5-3) and Steinke fifth (3-6).
AX Lites East
The 12-lap Eastern Regional
AX Lites-class main event saw
Trader's Racing Yamaha's Jayce
Pennington grab the early lead
over Team Babbitt's/GPF/Mon-
ster Energy Kawasaki/MMCR's
Ryan Breece and KTM rider
Isaac Teasdale. The clear track
allowed Pennington to open
a gap of over a second by the
completion of Lap 1, but Breece
soon began eating into the gap
until he fell on lap six, dropping
out of contention. That was
that. Pennington took the win
over Teasdale and Rock River
Yamaha's Justin Cooper.
Cooper's podium effort
helped extend his lead in the
Eastern Regional standings to
18 points over Teasdale, who
moved into second. Team Bab-
bitt's/GPF/Monster Energy
Kawasaki/MMCR's Jacob Wil-
liamson, who finished fourth, is
third, 19 points out of the lead.
CN
250AX OVERALL
1. Chris Blose (Yam) 1-4
2. Jace Owen (Hon) 4-1
3. Matt Goerke (Yam) 2-2
4. Gavin Faith (Kaw) 5-3
5. Gared Steinke (Kaw) 3-6
IN
THE
WIND
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Jayce Pennington won the East Lites AX main.
