VOL. 55 ISSUE 6 FEBRUARY 13, 2018 P65
(Left) After a
disappointing
12th in Saturday's
WCGP, Blayne
Thompson
salvaged the
weekend by
winning Sunday's
Heavyweight/
Lightweight race.
(Below) Though
she crashed out of
the opening round,
having suffered a
concussion, Brandy
Richards stormed
back to the top of
the podium at Taft—
only her second
race since that
crash last month.
Kacy Coy finished
second with Lauren
Woods third.
CST Honda's Beau Baron
overcame a slow start to top the
WCGP Pro 2 class, earning 14th
overall. Chaparral Motorsports/
Precision Concepts Kawasaki's
Clay Hengeveld—the round-one
winner—settled for second with
3 Bros./STI Husqvarna's Jakub
Alvarez third.
In the WCGP Women Pro divi-
sion, KTM support rider Brandy
Richards bounced back from the
concussion she suffered at round
one to claim victory aboard her
Bell Helmets/Fly Racing 450
XC-F ahead of FMF KTM's Kacy
Coy and MMR/Maxxis KTM's
Lauren Woods. CN
