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took the win in the gate pick qualifier. RPM
KTM's Ty Tremaine was second in the hot laps
and kept Webb honest with a second-place
finish in the qualifier. Cooper Abbott held off
Trystan Hart for third in the gate pick qualifier.
The gate pick qualifier also determines the
match ups for the bracket races and the final
came down to Webb and Tremaine. Tremaine
put up a good fight, but Webb managed to
take the lead out of the first turn and held on
for the win.
Webb did not get a great jump to start the
main event but managed to take the lead
through the first obstacle, the challenging
wood pit. Webb led most of the first lap but
then went down in the rock pile and dropped
back to sixth position. Webb quickly worked
up to third behind Tremaine and Kyle Red-
mond, but stayed there until the sixth lap when
he passed Redmond, and got around Tre-
maine, who took the No Joke lane. Once in
the lead, Webb pushed hard to open enough
of a gap to maintain his position when he took
the No Joke lane, which he finally did on lap
12 of 14. Webb executed it perfectly to hold
the lead and take the win.
"The race wasn't the most stressful race of
the year but I sure made it hard on myself,"
Webb said. "I got a great start and went into
the rocks and the bike just disappeared out
of my hands. From there I just wanted to be
patient and smart and was going fast through
the wood pit and the same thing happened—I
ricocheted out of the wood pit almost to the
concrete. At that point I just paced off Ty
Tremaine and Kyle Redmond who were right
there and tried not to go crazy. I got past Kyle
and then past Ty when he went through the
No Joke lane. But right after that, again, I hit
a rock or something in the dirt on a flat corner
and tucked the front end—almost going down
again! Luckily I fought through it all and had
a good enough lead that I could take the No
Joke and get the win."
Tremaine put in another
solid performance to take
second in the final.
