Georke came out blazing in
the title-deciding second moto,
but Pourcel was right behind
him. Knowing he didn't have to
beat Pourcel in order to win the
championship (though he did
have to finish in the top four),
Georke gave way to the French-
man and rode conservatively to
the checkers. Georke ended
up third behind Pourcel and
Tyler Medaglia, which was good
enough to take the title with
three points to spare over five-
time winner Pourcel.
Facciotti finished out the
championship in third, followed
by Mike Alessi in fourth. Meda-
glia rounded out the top five.
Kyle Chisholm ended up sixth
and Dillan Epstein seventh.
"That second moto was the
longest moto of my life," Georke
said. "The first moto was so
stressful, and after crashing then
stalling it, I made it difficult for
myself today."
Surratt came into the final
round 11 points behind leader
Maffenbeier (MX101 FXR Ya-
maha), but a terrible start in the
first moto saw the Californian
lose ground to Maffenbeier in
the championship after finishing
fifth in the moto and Maffenbeier
getting the win. Surratt came
out swinging in the final moto
of the season by grabbing the
holeshot and leading until falling
on the seventh lap, putting him
out of contention for the day.
Surratt actually slipped to third in
the year-end standings, finish-
ing one point behind runner-up
Dylan Wright.
Jacob Hayes ended up fourth
in the MX2 Championship, fol-
lowed by Jess Pettis and Casey
Keast. CN
(Above) Shawn Maffenbeier
won the MX2 title. (Below) Ryan
Surratt had a shot at the MX2
title but a bad start and a crash
ruined his title hopes.
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