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the likes of Jess Pettis. A young man who is willing to lay down the gauntlet on any given day, and in any given place, he
knows he can succeed regardless of the circumstances. He carried the same attitude all throughout practice, never letting a bit
of rain hamper his hopes or fighting spirit. Blistering down the mechanics area straightaway, he would duck into the following right-hander, leaping over the finish line and doing his best to keep the throttle pinned. Every millisecond off the throttle, was
another small bit lost to the leaders, and he realized that. So he was persistent with his speed and charging antics, knowing that a fast qualifying time could not only put him in an optimal gate position, but emerge into the head’s of the opposition as well. His heat race effort was noticeable from the start, where he could be seen showing a wheel and pushing the bike to it’s breaking point, when jockeying around the circuit. Launching off every single in sight, he was hitting the rev limiter in every pos- sible moment, hoping to keep the bike running at a crisp RPM. Shifting through the gearbox, he would blitz by the likes of RJ Hampshire narrowly missing a scraping of shrouds in the process. He would carry this pace into the finish line, finishing up the moto in an astonishing fourth, after an early holeshot and strong pace toward the front. Looking to make moves quick through- out the main, he would be quick to find his way forward. Stabbing the clutch, and keeping his 250f machine on the throttle, he would be neck and neck with Chris Blose in the early going. With his shirttail flying in the wind, the breeze over some of these gigantic triples would relay a bit of relaxation to him, giving him a moment of breathing before heavy back on the throttle upon landing. It was antics like these that kept him near the top ten, and by the time the final flag had flown, tenth was exactly where he landed.
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