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DeLong coming through to earn his first XC2 win of the season, while also com-
ing through fourth overall on the day. Trail Jesters KTM’s Jonathan Girroir would
battle for a second place finish in XC2, and holding onto the class points lead.
AmPro Yamaha/St. Lawrence Radiology’s Mike Witkowski rounded out the XC2
podium with a third on the day.
Coming through to earn the FMF XC3 125 Pro-Am class was Raines Riding Uni-
versity/Atlas Sales/Yamaha’s Jason Raines. Raines would lead the race from start
to finish, putting over a 2 minute gap on the rest of the class. Ohlins USA/Brewer
Cycles/FXR’s Cole Mattison battled through the pack to earn second in his class,
followed by points leader Moose Racing/Carolina KTM/XC Gear’s Zack Hayes
rounding out the top three.
At the conclusion of the 10 a.m. race it was WXC competitor, BAB’s Racing Ya-
maha/Maxxis’ Becca Sheets coming through to take the overall win and her third-
straight WXC class win. Sheets had her work cut out for her as she came through
fourth on the opening lap. Sheets would put her head down and push as she
made her way into the lead on lap three. On the final lap Sheets would push and
finish with a 21 second gap back to second place.
Grabbing the $100 Trail Jesters Holeshot Award was Enduro Engineering/
MEPMX/Fly Racing/KTM’s Mackenzie Tricker. Tricker would battle for the lead, but
would remain in the second place position as the checkered flag flew. Coming
through to earn third in the class was Rockstar Energy/LanMills XC’s Tayla Jones.
Jones would battle throughout the race, but would remain in the final spot on the
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XC1 PRO 1:
1. Kailub Russell (KTM)
2. Steward Baylor Jr. (SHR)
3. Josh Strang (KAW)
4. Grant Baylor (SHR)
5. Ricky Russell (HQV)
6. Jordan Ashburn (KAW)
7. Andrew DeLong (HON)
8. Layne Michael (YAM)
9. Levi Keller (HON)
10. Evan Earl (KAW)
BY PRESS RELEASE
XC2 250 PRO 2
1. Craig DeLong (HQV)
2. Jonathan Girroir (KTM)
3. Michael Witkowski (YAM)
4. Cody Barnes (BET)
5. Lyndon Snodgrass (KAW)
6. Liam Draper (KTM)
7. Evan Smith (HQV)
8. Tegan Temple (KTM)
9. Jesse Ansley (KTM)
10. Thorn Devlin (BET)