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final lap when he lost his rhythm
entering the whoops, which
allow Faith to surge past and
steal the win by just over a half
second. Blose followed with a
strong third, with Woodstock
KTM's Daniel Herrlein fourth and
Babbitt's Kawasaki rider Travis
Sewell in fifth.
Owen came out determined
in the second main, putting his
Honda out front ahead of Faith
and Herrlein, with Blose in
fourth. Owen opened up a small
lead, while Faith settled into
second, knowing the overall win
would be his if he maintained
the position. Behind them Blose
began to apply pressure on Her-
rlein for third and successfully
made the pass at the halfway
point.
The top three went un-
changed for the rest of the race,
with Owen taking the win by
1.8 seconds over Faith. Blose
rounded out the podium in third,
with Herrlein fourth and Sewell
fifth, duplicating their efforts
from the first main.
With his triumph in the Head
2 Head Challenge, Faith (1-2)
had the edge when the overall
results were tallied, outscoring
Owen (2-1) by a single point to
take his third overall victory of
the season. Blose's 3-3 finishes
landed him third overall, with
Herrlein fourth (4-4) and Sewell
fifth (5-5).
Owen and Faith are now
tied atop the Race to the Ricky
Carmichael Cup standings at 38
points apiece, and both riders
will carry red number plates into
the second round next week-
end. Blose is third, five points
behind the co-leaders. CN
250AX Overall
1. Gavin Faith (Kaw)1-2
2. Jace Owen (Hon) 2-1
3. Chris Blose (Yam) 3-3
4. Daniel Herrlein KTM (4-4)
5. Travis Sewell (Kaw) 5-5
Western Regional AX Lites
1. Jared Lesher (KTM)
2. Hunter Sayles (KTM)
3. Kinser Endicott (Yam)
4. Hunter Hilton (Hus)
5. Robbie Wageman (Yam)
Jared Lesher won the West Lites main in Oregon.
