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From that point forward the battle at the front of the field went unchanged as Faith slowly started
to pull away. He led all 15 laps to take his first Main Event win of the season, 4.5 seconds ahead
of Owen. Mages followed in third, with Sewell fourth and Woodstock KTM’s Daniel Herrlein. The
second Main Event holeshot saw Sewell put his Team Babbitt’s Kawasaki out front initially, but he was
soon surpassed by several riders and dropped outside the top five. Motosport Hillsboro Kawasaki’s
Gared Steinke emerged from the fray with the lead, followed by Faith and Rockstar Energy/OTSFF/
Yamaha’s Matt Goerke. Owen tucked into fourth. Steinke’s time out front was short lived, as Faith was able to make the pass on Lap 1. Once in control of the race, the defending champ quickly pulled away. Behind him Goerke, who qualified for the Main Event through the Last Chance Qualifier, started to apply pressure on Steinke for second, successfully making the pass on Lap 4. The top three
then stabilized through to the finish. Faith capped off his winning effort by taking the checkered flag 1.2 seconds ahead of Goerke. Steinke rode to a solid third-place effort, holding off Owen in fourth. TiLUBE/Jack Link’s/TUF Racing Honda’s Ben Lamay completed the top five. With Faith’s sweep of the Main Events, each of the first four nights of action in 2017 have been won via 1-1 performances. Despite finishing outside the top three in a Main Event for the first time this season, Owen still brought home a runner-up finish (2-4), while Goerke completed the overall podium in third (7-2). Steinke finished fourth (6-3), while Herrlein rounded out the top five (5-6). With three overall wins to his credit, Owen maintains control of the 250AX Class championship standings, 20 points ahead of Faith, who moved into second. Goerke dropped to third, 23 points out of the lead. In the Eastern Regional AX Lites Class Main Event, KTM rider Hunter Sayles grabbed the holeshot over Babbitt’s/GPF/Monster Energy Kawasaki/MMCR’s Jacob Williamson and Cooper. Points leader Heath Harrison found himself outside the top 10 in 11th aboard his Motorsport/Quick Roofing/Super Charged Energy KTM. As Williamson looked to chase down Sayles for the lead, he crashed after the Catapult jump, dropping two positions but quickly remounting in fourth. That allowed Cooper to take over second, while KTM rider Isaac Teasdale assumed control of third.
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“I THINK WE LEARNED A LOT WITH THE BIKE IN THIS RACE, ‘CAUSE YESTERDAY
I WAS STRUGGLIN’ AND TODAY
IT WAS A LOT BETTER.”