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The third round of the 2017 AMSOIL Arenacross season came to a dramatic conclusion on Saturday night inside Royal Farms Arena. Following an undefeated start in which he won the first six Main Events of the year, TiLUBE/Jack Link’s/TUF Racing Honda rider and championship leader Jace Owen saw his streak come to an end as defending 250AX Class Champion and Team Babbitt’s/Monster Energy/ AMSOIL Kawasaki, presented by AP Design, rider Gavin Faith earned his first overall victory of the season with a sweep of the Main Events. In the Eastern Regional AX Lites Class, Yamaha Rock River bLU cRU rider Justin Cooper made it a clean sweep in Baltimore, posting back-to-back wins to take over the points lead.
Owen was poised to race his way to another overall win after emerging victorious in the Rocky Mountain ATV/MC Head 2 Head Challenge, where he defeated Team Babbitt’s/ Monster Energy/AMSOIL Kawasaki’s Travis Sewell. The win gave Owen two championship bonus points.
When the first of two 250AX Class Main Events got underway it was Faith who put his Kawasaki out front, grabbing the holeshot over Owen and Rockstar Energy/ OTSFF/Yamaha, in association with Cycle Trader and Rock River, rider Chris Blose. The lead trio looked to pull away from the field, but Blose encountered misfortune on Lap
4 and pulled out of competition, which allowed Custom Powersports/Spinechillers/TiLUBE Racing Kawasaki’s Steven Mages to move into third place.
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