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into the opening lap and immediately
started sprinting away with the lead.
On lap two, Duvall held a 45-second
lead over Grant Baylor, who had
passed Strang on lap one to take
over second. By lap four, Duvall had
extended his lead to a seemingly
insurmountable three minutes and 38
seconds.
By the finish, Duvall had cooled
his pace and took the checkered flag
with a two minutes and 41- second
advantage over second.
"Yeah, for sure," Duvall said after
the race when asked if that was his
best race ever. "It was a dream ride;
I had such good lines and I had so
much fun today. Everything was click-
ing and it was awesome."
Duvall also admitted that he had
changed up his strategy during the
race.
"After the start, me and Grant were
pulling away and I looked back and
I couldn't see Kailub, so I decided
at that point to start charging a little
earlier than normal and if I get tired, I
get tired. I charged as long as I could
and it worked out."
The way the laps fell, the race end-
ed up going just over three hours and
14 minutes. However, Duvall looked
(Left) After
coming up just
short so many
times so far this
year, Thad Duvall
finally broke the
code and got the
win at the John
Penton GNCC in
Millville, Ohio.
Josh Strang gave
everything he had
at the finish and it
paid off. He held off
Kailub Russell for
second place.
