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cleanly while others , including Webb , had to ghost ride
Instead of the usual 10 riders to a row , all 30 lined up bar-to-bar , almost proving costly for Webb , as he and RPM KTM ’ s Cooper Abbott bashed bars off the start , pushing Webb back to 10th-place . By the time riders arrived at Mount Rushmore , Magna1 Motorsports Husqvarna ’ s Jordan Ashburn narrowly held a small lead in front of Hart , Haaker , LeBlond , Webb , and Smage . Using his trials training and all the traction that the Texas rocks provided , Webb easily recovered and took the lead once more , finishing in 51 minutes 20 seconds .
" I battled a lot with Brandon Petrie , Noah Kepple , and Nick Fahringer ," said Pro rider Logan Bolopue , who would finish 19th overall . " We had a lot of good racing back and forth , and some good passing . It was fun . There were a lot of fun areas in the race . Mount Rushmore and Big Bertha were my two favorites just because of the splatters and the ups and downs . There were so many different line choices that you could choose if someone was stuck in there ."
Pat upgraded rides this event to a 2021 Sherco 300cc 2-stroke . " I was on the 2020 Sherco for the SEER event , and didn ' t actually get much time in on the 2021 . I was just riding it around a little bit on Saturday and was like ' ok , it ' s better
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