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The defending 250AX Class Champion appeared to be on his way to his sixth Main Event win of
the season but disaster struck on Lap 11 when Faith lost control of his bike in the rhythm section
and crashed out of the lead. The misfortune handed control of the Main Event to Owen, who sat comfortably ahead of Herrlein in second and his TiLUBE/Jack Link’s/TUF Racing Honda teammate Ben Lamay in third. With a championship leading 13th Main Event win within reach, Owen also made a crucial mistake and crashed in the whoops on Lap 13. That opened the door for Herrlein to move out front, with Lamay moving into second. Owen was able to get back on his bike quickly and reentered in third. Herrlein maintained his hold on the lead to take a surprise Main Event win, the first of his 250AX Class career. He crossed the line 3.7 seconds ahead of Lamay, while Owen soldiered home to finish third. Woodstock KTM’s Cody VanBuskirk was fourth, with Team Babbitt’s/Monster Energy/AMSOIL Kawasaki’s Travis Sewell fifth. Faith reentered the race in 11th following his crash, losing a lap to the leader, and stayed there through the finish. When the gate dropped on the second 250AX Class Main Event it was Sewell who put himself out front ahead of Lamay and Blose, while Owen settled into fourth, Herrlein fifth, and Faith sixth. Blose was able to make the pass on Lamay for second on Lap
2, while Herrlein moved past Owen for fourth. A handful of laps later Owen dropped out of the top
five after getting tangled with a lapped rider, giving up two positions to Faith and Sportland 2/TZR/ Kawasaki Team Green’s Josh Osby. Herrlein was in control of his own destiny as the race passed the halfway point and successfully moved into podium position on Lap 9 with a pass on Lamay. One lap later Blose crashed out of contention while running second, giving the runner-up spot to Herrlein and third to Lamay. Blose dropped all the way to 10th.
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