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IN THE WIND P36 round. Smith turned in his best performance of the season on Saturday and was in good shape to take the overall win for the weekend when a thrown chain in test four on Sunday threw a wrench in the works and left him with a DNF for the test. Ohio rider James Justice com- pleted the top 10 on a KTM. In the Pro2 class, Husqvarna rid- er Braxton McGee finished almost a minute ahead of KTM-mounted Cole Mattison. The win was Brax- ton's first in the Pro2 class. "It feels good to win one of these things," said McGee. "I started off with two bad tests so I was trying to push hard to over- come that. I was battling all week- end with Cole and he was better in the cross test, but I was able to get him back in the enduro tests. I just kept pushing and I was able to make it happen." Billy Schlag (KTM) was third in Pro2. Tayla Jones (KR4 Husqvarna) came out on top of a close battle with Mackenzie Tricker (Bonanza Plumbing/Trail Jesters KTM) for the win in the Women's Pro division. Tricker finished a half- second faster than Jones during Saturday's round, but Jones came back with a good ride on Sunday to take the overall win. "It was very close with Mack- enzie and the track was very challenging which made it a good race," said Jones. "I was on the ground more than I wanted to be, but it was a good weekend." Jones had the edge in the cross test, while Tricker was fast- est in the enduro test. "We were swapping back and forth and we went into the final test separated by seven sec- onds," said Tricker. "I wanted to make up the deficit so I just went out and sent up but I ended up going down and that cost me a chance." Brooke Cosner was third overall on a Yamaha. The race also doubled as an AMA ISDE Qualifier round. Eigh- teen Letter of Intent (LOI) riders signed up to try and qualify for this year's ISDE in Chile. James King of Hot Springs, Ar- kansas, won the LOI class with an 11th overall finish. The Honda rider also won the Lites A division. "I had a lot of back-and-forth racing all weekend with Tyler Vore," said King. "I had one bad test on Saturday that I had to come back from but Sunday went pretty well. I tend to do better in bad conditions so Saturday my times were better, but I was able to go 1-1 in the LOI class for the weekend." This was King's first time to at- tempt to qualify for ISDE. Cody Pingley won the Open A class over Luke Ross. Meanwhile, Sam Forrester beat out Amel Advokaat for top honors in the Vet A 30+ class. Shan Moore OVERALL 1. Josh Strang (Hus) 2. Layne Michael (Hus) 3. Ryan Sipes (Hus) 4. Grant Baylor (KTM) 5. Jordan Ashburn (Bet) 6. Steward Baylor (KTM) 7. Mike Witkowski (Bet) 8. Mario Testa (KTM) 9. Evan Smith (Hus) 10. James Justice (KTM) Ryan Sipes, third on the weekend, still holds on to the points lead.