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BATTLE FOR THE CUP
It was a night of dominance for Team Babbitt’s/Monster Energy/AMSOIL Kawasaki’s
Gavin Faith, the defending AMSOIL Arenacross Champion, who enjoyed a perfect outing en route to securing back-to-back victories to start the Race to the Ricky Carmichael Cup, taking control of the points lead in doing so. In the Western Regional AX Lites Class, Team Babbitt’s/GPF/Monster Energy Kawasaki/MMCR’s Ryan Breece claimed his second Main Event win to move back atop the championship standings.
Before the 250AX Class Main Events got underway, points were handed
out in the RMATV/MC Head 2 Head Challenge. The final pairing saw Faith square off against Rockstar Energy/OTSFF/Yamaha, in association with Cycle Trader and Rock River, rider Chris Blose, and as the pair stormed into the first turn Blose went down, allowing Faith to cruise to his second straight Head 2 Head Challenge win and add an additional championship bonus point to his Race to the Ricky Carmichael Cup total.
When the gate dropped on the first 250AX Class Main Event it was Faith who put his Kawasaki out front ahead of Blose and Yamalube/Star Racing Yamaha’s Challen Tennant. Championship co-leader Jace Owen slotted into seventh aboard his TiLUBE/Jack Link’s/TUF Racing Honda. Faith and Blose set a quick pace out front, which gave them some breathing room over Tennant, who was left to deal with Woodstock KTM’s Daniel Herrlein and Team Babbitt’s/Monster Energy/AMSOIL Kawasaki, presented by AP Design, rider Gared Steinke. Owen moved into sixth right behind this group on Lap 1.
The second round of AMSOIL Arenacross’ Race to the Ricky Carmichael
Cup got underway on Friday inside the Livestock Events Center, the first
of two nights of action from “The Biggest Little City in the World.”
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