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BATTLE FOR THE CUP
Blose established a margin of just under a second over Faith, and the two would trade fast laps throughout the 15-lap Main Event. Faith would gain a bike length on Blose and appeared poised to make a challenge for the lead, but Blose would respond on the ensuing lap and reestablish his comfortable gap. This seesaw battle continued until the final few laps when Faith got to within a half-second of Blose. The defending AMSOIL Arenacross Champion ultimately didn’t have enough momentum to make a serious bid for the lead and Blose took the opening Main Event win by four-tenths of a second over Faith. Owen followed with a solid third-place finish, with Team Babbitt’s/GPF/Monster Energy Kawasaki/MMCR’s Jacob Williamson in fourth and Team TiLUBE/Jack’s Links/TUF Racing Honda’s Ben Lamay in fifth. When the field stormed out of the gate to start the second 250AX Class Main Event, Owen and Blose battled side-by-side for the lead on the opening lap. Blose edged out front to take the lead, while Faith was able
to sneak by Owen and take over second, ultimately duplicating the starting order from the first Main Event. This time Blose upped the pace and moved out for a comfortable lead of over a second on Faith, who settled into the spot with another second separating he and Owen in third. While Faith would at times inch closer to Blose, the Yamaha rider was in full control of the race and had his sights set on victory. Blose capped off his dominant night with a sweep of the Main
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