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Photo: Collin Speckner
Faith raced to the holeshot to start the opening Arenacross Class Main Event, with TZR/Woodstock KTM’s Travis Sewell and Rockstar Energy Drink Husqvarna Factory Racing presented by FCC and OTSFF rider Gared Stein- ke in tow. TiLUBE/Tuf Racing Honda’s Jace Owen and Herrlein completed the top five. Team Babbitt’s/Monster Energy/AMSOIL Kawasaki’s Chris Blose, who entered the night third in points, crashed in the first corner and then found himself on the ground again on the opening lap, starting 16th.
The lead trio went unchanged throughout the entirety of the 15-lap Main Event, with Faith gradually extending his lead each lap before taking the checkered flag two seconds ahead of Sewell. Steinke raced to a solid third-place effort, with Owen fourth and Custom Powersports/Slaka Wear Kawasaki’s Steven Mages in fifth. Blose recovered from his early misfor- tune to finish 10th.
Faith then selected the inversion for the second Main Event and relied
on the support of the Amalie Arena crowd to choose one of three cases, ultimately selecting the case with the number eight, meaning half the field
would be inverted.
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