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AMSOIL Arenacross closed out its eighth round on Saturday evening with
Current 250AX Class points leader Jace Owen kept his hot streak alive by sweeping both Main
Events for the second straight night to grab his seventh overall victory of the season aboard his TiLUBE/Jack Link’s/TUF Racing Honda machine.
In the Western Regional AX Lites Class, Woodstock KTM’s Hunter Sayles used a come-from-behind effort to score his first career win. The points- paying action got underway with the RMATV/MC Head 2 Head Challenge, where TiLUBE/Jack Link’s/TUF Racing Honda’s Ben Lamay matched up against Rockstar Energy/OTSFF/Yamaha, in association with Cycle Trader and Rock River, rider Matt Goerke. A superb ride by Lamay allowed him
to fend off the hard-charging Goerke for the win and claim an additional championship bonus point. When the Main Events got underway, Owen jumped out of the gate to grab the holeshot in the first 250AX Class Main Event, leading Goerke and Sportland 2/TZR/Kawasaki Team Green’s Josh Osby on the opening lap. Owen instantly laid down fast laps in an attempt to open a cushion on his fellow competitors, but Goerke gave chase in second and refused to let the Honda rider out of his sights. Defending 250AX Class Champion Gavin Faith powered his Team Babbitt’s/Monster Energy/AMSOIL Kawasaki into the third spot on Lap 2. Out front, Owen extended his lead over Goerke and was able to maintain the distance for the majority of the
race. Faith kept Goerke within sight the entire race, but was never close >>
its second night of action inside the Landers Center.
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“I FEEL LIKE THAT’S THE KIND OF RIDE THAT WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME THAT’S THE KIND OF MISTAKE THAT LOSES THEM”