VOL. 55 ISSUE 16 APRIL 24, 2018 P43
BLOSE ON TOP AT PORTLAND ARENACROSS
T
he third round of the Amsoil
Arenacross Championship/
Race to the Ricky Carmichael
Cup was held inside Veteran's
Memorial Coliseum in Portland,
Oregon, April 21, and both
250AX main events saw the
series' top two contenders fight-
ing through the pack to regain
positions, as Team Babbitt's
Monster Energy Kawasaki rider
Jacob Hayes and Rockford Fos-
gate TiLube Honda's Chris Blose
endured misfortune in separate
main events. But when all was
said and done, Blose hung on
and took the overall win with 2-1
performances. Hayes was sec-
ond with 1-4 results.
In the AX Lites class, Rockford
Fosgate TiLube Honda rider Car-
son Brown took his first-career
main-event win.
The first 250AX main event
saw Hayes and Blose side-by-
side in the first turn through the
whoops; Blose was held up high
on a turn and lost vital positions
to Hayes, who quickly extended
his lead. After starting lap one
in ninth place, Blose worked his
way into the top three and soon
was battling with Motosport Hills-
boro Custom Power Sports rider
Gared Steinke for the runner-up
position. A slight error by Steinke
moved Blose into second, as
Hayes took the win followed by
Blose, Steinke and Travis Sewell
(TZR Sportland 2).
The second 250AX main
event saw Blose and Hayes out
front again, but on lap three,
Hayes had a mishap right before
the rhythm section, losing posi-
tions to Blose, who extended
his lead early on. The race for
second between Steinke and
Sewell was brewing throughout
most of the race, as the duo
battled back and forth, creating
constant contact and banging
bars in each turn. Meanwhile,
Blose led all 15 laps to take the
second main-event victory with
Sewell in second, Steinke third
and Hayes fourth.
Earlier in the evening, Blose
secured the Rocky Mountain
ATV-MC Head 2 Head Challenge
victory point, helping him to
secure the overall and retain the
red plate heading into the next
round in Reno. Hayes salvaged
enough points to finish second
overall, while Sewell rounded out
the podium.
With just one race left in the
championship, Blose heads to
the Las Vegas final with a four-
point lead over Hayes. Harrison
is third, 32 points behind Hayes.
In the AX Lites West class,
Ryan Breece leads Brown by 12
points. CN
OVERALL
250AX
1. Chris Blose (Hon) 2-1
2. Jacob Hayes (Kaw) 1-4
3. Travis Sewell (Kaw) 5-2
4. Gared Steinke (Kaw) 3-3
5. Heath Harrison (Hon) 4-6
6. Ryan Breece (Kaw) 6-7
7. Dare Demartile (Hon) 7-8
8. Daniel Herrlein (KTM) 12-5
9. Robbie Wageman (Yam) 10-10
10. Dylan Rouse 8-11
Chris Blose pulled
off a big win at the
Portland Arenacross.
