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I had and worked as hard as I
could so I was happy to finish
third."
Fasnacht took the win ahead
of Rolen, Brodeur, Astudillo and
Brown. They were followed by
local rider Amber Felicio, Colora-
do's Samantha Peters and Carrie
Killebrew. Jaymie Hajewski and
Nicole Gaudern rounded out the
top 10.
Moto two looked like a repeat
with Fasnacht, once again, tak-
ing the holesot with Rolen and
Astudillo hot on her heels, and
Brodeur sitting fourth. Astudillo
rocketed into the second spot,
holding it for the first lap until
Rolen got by.
"The track got me today and
I had to fight through lots of arm
pump," said Astudillo. "In moto
one I got a second place start
and dropped to fourth in the
second lap. Faded back but
stayed in fourth. Moto two kind
of went the same, started in
second dropped to third, stayed
there for most of the race but got
passed with three laps to go. I
have to give it up to the top three
girls—they rode amazing!"
You could see the time Bro-
deur spent training at Grindstone
starting to pay off as she looked
stronger lap after lap, moving
past Astudillo for the third spot,
pushing her back to fourth in
front of Brown, who put in two
consistent rides on the day.
"As we got ready for the sec-
ond moto, we realized that it was
getting super hot, almost 90 de-
grees; mind you, I am from Mary-
land and we haven't had heat like
this in almost six months," said
Brown. "I did not get a great start.
Man, do I need to work on those.
Anyway, so we head around the
first turn and I believe I am in like
sixth or seventh, but somehow
managed to pass several people,
putting me in fifth again. It was
definitely a hot one, and the track
was so rough. I'm happy with my
results though."
Moto two finish order was
almost identical to the first, with
Fasnacht taking the win ahead
of Rolen, Brodeur, Astudillo,
Brown, Felicio, Killebrew,
Peters, Hajewski and Gaud-
ern, which is exactly how they
finished on the day with their
combined moto scores. CN
Kylie Fasnacht grabbed both
Lucas Oil holeshot awards and
won both motos.
Eve Brodeur and
Jamie Astudillo
pulled out all
stops for a few
laps battling for
third overall.
