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After its second break of the 2017 season AMSOIL Arenacross’ Race to
the Ricky Carmichael Cup returned to the track on Saturday night for the penultimate round inside the Denver Coliseum. For the second consecutive round, Rockstar Energy/OTSFF/Yamaha, in association with Cycle Trader and Rock River, rider Chris Blose took the overall victory in the 250AX Class, adding some drama to the title fight. In the Western Regional AX Lites Class, Team Babbitt’s/GPF/Monster Energy Kawasaki/MMCR rider Ryan Breece raced to his third win of the season, which vaulted him into
a tie atop the championship standings. Blose’s path to victory hinged largely on the RMATV/MC Head 2 Head Challenge that took place prior
to the 250AX Class Main Events. The Yamaha rider emerged victorious over Team Babbitt’s/Monster Energy/AMSOIL Kawasaki, presented by AP Design, rider Gared Steinke, giving Blose an additional bonus point in the Race to the Ricky Carmichael Cup. The first 250AX Class Main Event saw Blose keep the momentum going, earning the holeshot over Team Babbitt’s/ Monster Energy/AMSOIL Kawasaki’s Gavin Faith and Woodstock KTM’s Daniel Herrlein. With the championship’s lead duo of Blose and Faith out front, Team TiLUBE/Jack’s Links/TUF Racing Honda’s Jace Owen had his work cut out for him starting ninth. Blose was on another level in the first Main Event and quickly opened a comfortable margin over Faith within
the first couple laps. He would continue to extend that lead as the race wore on, allowing Faith to assert himself in second. With the top two riders comfortably out front the attention moved on the battle for third as Team TiLUBE/Jack’s Links/TUF Racing Honda’s Ben Lamay patiently worked on Herrlein for the majority of the Main Event. On Lap 11 Lamay pulled the trigger and was able to get by Herrlein to take over third. As this all unfolded Owen was working hard to fight his way through the field, breaking into
the top five and mounting a late challenge on Herrlein. Blose cruised to
the win 8.1 seconds ahead of Faith, while Lamay followed in third. Owen successfully passed Herrlein to finish fourth, capping off an impressively resilient effort.
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