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BATTLE FOR THE CUP
Owen effectively maintained his lead out front, while Faith proceeded to protect his lead in the championship. Perhaps looking to potentially help his teammate in the championship battle Lamay closed in on Faith and got to within a few bike lengths of the Kawasaki, but the champ resisted the advance and remained in firm control of second. Owen ended his 2017 season
the same way he started it, with a Main Event win, and took the checkered flag 6.5 seconds ahead of Faith, who knew he simply needed to cross the finish. Lamay followed in third, with Williamson fourth and Team Babbitt’s/Monster Energy/AMSOIL Kawasaki’s Travis Sewell in fifth. Blose eventually reentered the race, two laps down, and soldiered home to finish 12th. Faith’s 1-2 results, combined with his win in the Head 2 Head Challenge, gave him his third overall
win in the Race to the Ricky Carmichael Cup and clinched the championship along with it. Owen completed a breakout season in second (3-1), while his teammate Lamay helped put two TiLUBE Honda’s on the podium in third (4-3). Williamson was fourth (5-4), with Sewell fifth (6-5).
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