and hooked up with him and he upped his pace and we stayed right with him and we were able to pull a gap out on third , so it was a good day .”
In the XC3 125 Pro class it was all local Indiana native Jake Froman aboard his Coppersmith / Fly Racing Husqvarna taking his first win of the season ahead of Motorcycle Enthusiast Inc .’ s Hunter Neuwirth on his KTM , with 2020 XC3 champion Zach Hayes taking third aboard his Battery Park Offroad KTM ahead of GasGas mounted Max Fernandez and Dakoda Devore aboard his KTM .
Top Amateur honors went to 250A class winner Bubz Tasha on his Tely Energy Racing KTM , finishing 18th overall with fellow 250A riders Jason Tino and Trevor Maley rounding out the amateur podium aboard their KTM ’ s .
In the A . M . race , Trail Jesters KTM Racing ’ s Korie Steede took the WXC holeshot , starting a two-hour battle with ISDE outright winner Brandy Richards , making her second appearance of the season on her Fly Racing KTM , with AmPro Yamaha ’ s Rachael Archer and Rockstar Energy Husqvarna ’ s Tayla Jones joining the fight . Richards would lead while Steede would fall to fourth during the race with Archer and Jones sandwiched in between . Richards would hold the lead at the white flag with Steede on her rear wheel as they had over a minute
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