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but couldn't pull a move as
I was right on her eating all
her roost and kept making
mistakes. I eventually saw
chance to pass and pulled
the trigger, put it on cruise
control and rode safely to the
checkers."
Moto two looked like a
repeat of moto with Richards,
once again, barely grabbing
the holeshot over Woods,
with Fasnacht close behind.
Richards was on a mission
and determined to take the
win, stretching out the lead
over Fasnacht, who was now
in second.
Brodeur was holding down
third and battled the rest of the
moto with Jamie Astudillo.
On lap three, and with a solid
lead over Fasnacht, Richards'
bike decided it was done racing
for the day, and she handed the
lead over to Fasnacht.
Brodeur and Astudillo went
at it for the rest of the moto
putting on a great show for
the fans. When the checkered
flag dropped it was Fasnacht,
Brodeur and Astudillo, which is
how the final moto scoring for
the event ended up. Carrie Kil-
lebrew finished fourth followed
by Gagne and Brown.
"In the second moto, I got
off to a little better start and
was able to move into second
place in the second turn behind
Brandy Richards," Fasnact said.
"I fell off her pace as she was
riding really good those first
couple laps. I was able to make
up some ground and catch her
then her bike starting bogging
and making weird noises. She
pulled off so the lead was mine
and I rode a safe, smart race
until the end."
Brodeur was excited to post
the second place—her best
results to date. "I've been work-
ing really hard to improve my
results from round to round and
I'm pretty pumped on getting a
second place position today! It's
my best finish ever so I'm really
excited about it. It's motivating to
know that all the hard work I put
in over the winter is finally paying
off!" CN
OVERALL
1. Kylie Fasnacht (Kaw) 1-1
2. Eve Brodeur (KTM) 2-2
3. Jamie Astudillo (KTM) 8-3
4. Brittany Gagne (Yam) 6-5
5. Amanda Brown (Hon) 5-6
6. Lauren Brown (Hon) 4-7
7. Carrie Killebrew (Hus) 9-4
8. Amber Felicio (Hon) 7-9
9. Brandy Richards (Yam) 3-13
10. Mikayla Inman (KTM) 10-8
Canadian Eve Brodeur
enjoyed her best-ever finish in
the WMX Championship with
second overall.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
WMX
