IN
THE
WIND
P60
BLOSE WINS
DENVER
ARENACROSS
T
he 2018 AMSOIL Arenacross
Championship fired back up
in Denver, Colorado, where Chris
Blose (TiLube/Rockford Fosgate
Honda) came away with his first
win of the season.
For Jacob Hayes, the points
leader going into the race, it was
a terrible night. He was involved
in a crash that forced him into
riding the LCQ, but a third-place
finish there prevented him from
transferring into the main event.
Because of that, he was knocked
off the top of the leaderboard go-
ing into the sprint for the champi-
onship, where points are reset for
the final four races.
In Denver, Blose led from start
to finish in the first moto, but
Gavin Faith (Team Babbitt's Mon-
ster Energy Kawasaki) was right
behind him the whole way.
The second race got started
much like the first with Blose
jumping into the early lead, and
Faith running second after pass-
ing Daniel Herrlein (TZR Wood-
stock KTM). This time, Blose
couldn't hold back Faith, who
passed Blose midway through
the race and went on to take the
win. Blose took second.
Blose and Faith tied on points
after the two mains, but Blose
was awarded the overall victory
having won the Rocky Mountain
Head 2 Head Challenge earlier
in the program (which awards
one point to the winner, and that
point gets carried over into the
main events). In this case, it was
enough to give Blose the win.
Points are now reset based
on how they finished the regular
part of the series. Going into the
four-race sprint, Faith leads the
way with 10 points, followed by
Blose with nine points and Hayes
with eight.
This was the first round of the
AX Lites West Championship, and
Idaho's Ryan Breece (Kawasaki)
came away with the win, followed
by Isaac Teasdale (Kawasaki) and
Kevin Moranz (KTM). CN
250AX OVERALL
1. Chris Blose (Hon) 1-2
2. Gavin Faith (Kaw) 2-1
3. Daniel Herrlein (KTM) 4-3
4. Isaac Teasdale (Kaw) 6-4
5. Kyle Bitterman (Kaw) 5-6
6. Ryan Breece (Kaw) 8-5
7. Travis Sewell (Kaw) 7-7
8. Gared Steinke (Kaw) 3-13
9. Kevin Moranz (KTM) 9-8
10. Lane Staley (Kaw) 10-10
Gavin Faith
won the
second race
but had to
settle for
second
overall.
Chris Blose
captured his first
arenacross win
of the season in
Denver.
