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a few moves to get into
second. The top two riders
rode in unison until lap
eight of fourteen when
Webb was the first to take
the No Joke lane. This
allowed Haaker to take the
lead and he tried to open
a gap but Webb closed
back in and briefly took the
lead before Haaker passed
him back in the rock pile
and then the two made
contact with Webb once
again going down. This
allowed Haaker to open a
10-second gap, though he
still waited until the final lap
to take the No Joke lane.
Haaker still safely took the
win with Webb twelve sec-
onds back in second.
"They dropped the gate
about four seconds earlier
than I expected and I got
caught way off guard. I
came into the first turn not
in first unlike I did in every
other race tonight," said
Haaker. "My starts were on
point for every race except
the main. I moved into
second quickly and started
pacing Cody and he took
the joker lane at about the
midway point and I knew
I needed to get a gap go-
ing. Unfortunately, I made
a major mistake and, even
SRT Off-road Husqvarna's
Trystan Hart (84) was a new
face on the podium, scoring a
best-ever finish of third.
