Eventually the machine would expire , ending the Kiwi ’ s day . The battle for the win continued right to the checkered flag , with Lafferty snagging it at the finish line ahead of Snodgrass just 1.3 seconds behind . Barbosa would take the final spot on the podium nearly four minutes behind the leading duo . Liqui-Moly Beta ’ s Evan Smith would move through the pack to take fifth for the day . Sixth would go to Australia ’ s Gus Riordan aboard his RPM Racing KTM , with fellow Australian , Trail Jesters KTM ’ s Mason Semmens claiming his best finish of the year in 7th . John Penton winner Cody Barnes struggled all race long , eventually finishing 8th aboard his Phoenix Racing Honda . Jonathon Johnson would finish 9th with Trail Jesters KTM mounted Simon Johnson closing out the top 10 . Witkowski would not finish the final lap of the race .
In the FMF XC3 125 class , it was a second straight wire-to-wire win for Magna1 Motorsports Husqvarna ’ s Brody Johnson , taking a 50 second advantage over KTM mounted 2020 champion Zack Hayes , with Husqvarna backed Jake Froman taking third . This is the same podium for the second straight race . GasGas backed Max Fernandez would claim fourth with Liqui-Moly Beta ’ s Jason Lipscomb rounding out the top five .
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