On the Pegs - November 2021 Volume 6 Issue 11 - November | Page 111

a 22nd overall finishing position , putting him third on the top amateur podium .
In the WXC class it was Enduro Engineering / MEPMX / Fly Racing / XC Gear ’ s Mackenzie Tricker earning herself the $ 100 Trail Jesters WXC Holeshot Award . But it would not take too long for BABS Racing Yamaha / Fly Racing / Maxxis / Pro Circuit ’ s Becca Sheets to make the pass stick for the lead . Once in the lead Sheets would start to pull away from the rest of the women behind her .
As the race continued AmPro Yamaha ’ s Rachael Archer pushed her hardest to catch Sheets , but as the checkered flag waved it would be Sheets coming through a minute ahead of Archer . Team Green Kawasaki ’ s Korie Steede would battle her way up to third in the WXC class after her fifth place start to the day . Steede tried to catch Archer and would cross the line just six seconds behind her .
Earning his ninth youth overall and YXC1 Super Mini Sr . class win was the No . 550 of Cole Forbes . As the race got underway Forbes would grab the early lead and try to place a gap over the rest of his competitors . However , Nicholas DeFeo would battle back to make the pass on Forbes with one lap to go . Forbes and DeFeo continued to battle throughout the last lap , with Forbes making the pass and
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