August 2020 -- Vol 4 -- Issue 8 August 2020 | Page 184

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kind of regrouped. On the second lap I went out and I rode better. Made an effort
to hit my marks, hit my lines and just keep moving forward, use my proper
technique. I had a little cramping on that second lap, but it kind of came and
went and I was just trying to breathe through it. I just kept pushing forward.
Fahringer and I kept bowing out on the last lap. That kind of kept me pushing
forward. I had a forth on the day. I really would have liked to have gotten a podium
but my teammate, Como, was riding really, really well. Overall I’m okay with
the finish. I would have liked to have done a little bit better, but it was a good
experience, I enjoyed the event and had fun.”
Nick Fahringer rounded out the top five, this year on a two-stroke.
“Ironically, last year I did real well on the four-stroke here, but this year we also
had a lot more spread of competition,” said Fahringer. “I can’t compare results
and bikes. The Sherco 300 was working good today. Yesterday I had some setup
changes going into the qualifying and first moto I just was not clicking, so I reverted
to stuff I had been more accustomed to. Things felt magical yesterday
afternoon. I had a stellar qualifying time in the second moto.
“In the final I got a good start. I was riding with Cody for probably a solid ten,
fifteen minutes. I think that was a mistake because I wasn’t able to maintain that.
I got pumped up. It just kind of shocked my system. I spent more than half the
race kind of trying to recover from doing that, and then just chugging through
the rocks in the heat. I was not riding right.
“The second lap went a lot better. I started battling with Max. There was a hill
where I took some pretty creative lines and stuck some good moves and got past
him. Then I got a little stuck and he passed me at the top. We were both side by
side. I looped my bike out and it hit him. He got up and my body cramps, so I’m
laying there in the rocks trying to rub on my leg and just get my leg moving. So
we just kind of chased each other the last lap which made it fun.”
Former Pro Trials rider Logan Bolopue led the second half of the top-10 in sixth,
while Nik Dudukovich, Stephen Edmondson, Danny Lewis, Adam Hartnagel and
Quinn Wentzel rounded out the top 10.
Beta USA’s Rachel Gutish took home an $800 check for winning the Women’s
Pro division ahead of FactoryONE Sherco’s Louise Forsley and Rode Free Racing’s
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