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Matt Goerke
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Faith pulled away over the second half of the race to take the win by 3.5 seconds over Owen. Behind them, Goerke fended off Blose for third, with Motosport Hillsboro Kawasaki’s Gared Steinke in fifth. As the field roared out the gate to start the second Main Event it was Owen who edged out Faith for the holeshot, taking the early lead. TiLUBE/Jack Link’s/TUF Racing Honda’s Ben Lamay was third, with Goerke fourth. Owen and Faith began a battle for the top spot that saw the gap between them hover around a second. As they entertained the crowd out front, Goerke made the pass on Lamay for third on Lap 4. On Lap 8 Faith’s persistence paid off as he was able to get by Owen for the lead. In the closing stages Owen fell into the clutches
of a hard-charging Goerke, who made the pass for second on Lap 12. Faith went on to take the win 1.4 seconds ahead of Goerke, with Owen third. Blose fought his way from seventh to finish fourth, with Steinke fifth. Faith’s sweep of the Main Events gave him his second overall victory of the season. Goerke’s late pass on Owen was enough to land him second overall (3- 2) with Owen third (2-3). Blose was fourth (4-4) with Steinke fifth (5-5). Faith was able to close his deficit to Owen in the 250AX Class standings, which now sits at 17 points. Goerke held on to third, 25 points out of the lead.
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