fore the finish, a guy just stops
in front of me and it stopped me
and Thad was able to capitalize
on it. I tried to run him down in
the last few turns but there was
nothing I could do."
Finishing third was JCR Hon-
da's Trevor Bollinger, who landed
on the podium for the first time
ever in the XC1 class.
"We got off to a decent start
and I made my way into third
pretty quick, but Kailub and
Thad were already gone," said
Bollinger. "I tried to reel those
guys in for a lap or two and then
I realized it was going to be hard
to do, so I just rode my own race
from there on out."
Ben Kelley made it three wins
in a row in the XC2 250 Pro
class with a fourth overall finish,
as the Trail Jesters KTM rider
held off FMF KTM's Josh Toth
for the class win. Tely Racing
KTM's Steward Baylor, who
struggled with suspension set-
tings all day, finished between
Kelley and Toth in fifth overall.
Josh Strang (Rockstar Energy
Husqvarna), Jordan Ashburn
(Beta USA), Layne Michael (KR4
Husqvarna) and Pascal Rauche-
necker (Coastal Racing Husqvar-
na) rounded out the top 10.
The FMF XC3 125 Pro-Am
class was won by KTM-mounted
Jesse Ansley, with Christo-
pher Venditi (Yamaha) and Alex
Teagarden (Husqvarna) finishing
second and third, respectively.
In the morning Women's
XCW class, Becca Sheets (Fly/
Maxxis/Seat Concepts KTM) got
her first win of the season ahead
of Tayla Jones (KR4 Husqvarna)
and Mackenzie Tricker (Bonanza
Plumbing/Trail Jester KTM).
Shan Moore
1. Thad Duvall (Hus)
2. Kailub Russell (KTM)
3. Trevor Bollinger (Hon)
4. Ben Kelley (KTM) XC2
5. Steward Baylor (KTM)
6. Josh Toth (KTM) XC2
7. Josh Strang (Hus)
8. Jordan Ashburn (Bet)
9. Layne Michael (Hus)
10. Pascal Rauchenecker (Hus) XC2
IN
THE
WIND
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Ben Kelley came away with
another XC2 Pro-class victory.
