COOPER ABBOTT evening program to earn their gate picks for the first of the three motos and Haaker set the fastest time of 56.129 . Abbott was second with a 57.789 lap . Will Riordan rounded out the top three on his RPM KTM with a 58.101 lap time . Max Gerston was fourth fastest with a 58.317 lap and Beta rider Tim Apolle rounded out the top five with a 59.986 lap . Hart had a fall that held him back to seventh fastest time , just enough to get onto the front row of eight riders .
Haaker , Hart and Gerston blasted to the front to start the first moto and Abbott had to fight his way up to fourth after a mediocre start . Haaker ended up going down to allow Hart to pass him and then Haaker had a second fall that allowed Hart to open a safe gap . Haaker was able to hold
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