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Owen’s runner-up effort helped him add to his lead in the 250AX Class standings, which now sits at 20 points over Faith. Goerke maintains control of third, 26 points out of the lead. The 12-lap Eastern Regional AX Lites Class Main Event saw Pennington grab the early lead over Team Babbitt’s/ GPF/Monster Energy Kawasaki/MMCR’s Ryan Breece and KTM rider Isaac Teasdale. The clear
track allowed Pennington to open a gap of over a second by the completion of Lap 1, but Breece immediately started to make a push. The two paced one another for several laps until Breece closed the deficit to under a second on Lap 5. Just one lap later Breece’s hopes of victory would come to an end after he crashed in the whoops while trying to chase down Pennington. Breece would lose several positions and fall out of contention, moving Teasdale into second and Yamaha Rock River bLU cRU rider Justin Cooper, the championship points leader, into third. Breece’s misfortune gave Pennington a comfortable lead of nearly four seconds, which would ultimately be all he needed to take home the win. He went unchallenged over the second half of the Main Event to take the checkered flag 4.5 seconds ahead of Teasdale, who firmly maintained control of second. Cooper went on to grab the final spot on the podium in third. Cooper’s podium effort helped extend his lead in the Eastern Regional standings to 18 points over Teasdale, who moved into second. Team Babbitt’s/GPF/Monster Energy Kawasaki/MMCR’s Jacob Williamson, who finished fourth, is third, 19 points out of the lead.
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