FASNACHT TAKES WMX HANGTOWN WIN
R
ound five of the Onsia Sound
Art Women's Motocross
Championship swung into action
as part of the opening round of
the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross
Championship at the Hangtown
Motocross Classic in Rancho
Cordova, California, May 19-20.
The field of riders came from
all corners of the country and
Canada to take on the legendary
Hangtown National track, and,
once again, it was two-time and
current WMX champion, Kylie
Fasnacht, who dominated both
motos and took her third overall
win of the season.
The women were excited to
race the Pro Motocross track,
and they ended up putting on a
great show for the Friday crowd.
When the gate dropped for moto
one, it was Fasnacht who barely
edged out Jamie Astudillo for
the Lucas Oil Holeshot.
"I nailed the holeshot along-
side Jamie and was able to
throw my bike into the second
turn, barely taking the lead,"
said Fasnacht. "From there I just
put my head down and started
checking off the laps one turn at
a time. It was really a fun, chal-
lenging track."
By the end of lap one, Astu-
dillo was still holding down
second with Shelby Rolen right
behind her. They were followed
by Canada's Eve Brodeur and
Maryland's "Downtown" Amanda
Brown in fifth. By the end of lap
two, Rolen had worked her way
past Astudillo, who was now in
a battle with Brodeur for third,
which eventually went to Bro-
deur.
"I got a bad start and tried to
make up for it, but there was
only one really good line on the
track so it was really hard to get
around the others girls," said
Brodeur. "I definitely gave it all
IN
THE
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Kylie Fasnacht took her third
overall win of the year. Shelby
Rolen finished second and Eve
Brodeur third.
