Blazusiak kicked off his day by setting the fastest hot-lap time to set the starting order for the first of three motos with a time of 35.61 . FactoryOne Sherco rider , Cody Webb , had the second-fastest time of 35.64 . Webb ’ s FactoryOne Sherco teammate , Cooper Abbott , had the third fastest hot lap with a 36.34 lap time . Blake Gutzeit set the fourth fastest hot lap with a time of 36.54 and Jonny Walker rounded out the top five with time of 36.62 . Rockstar Husqvarna ’ s Colton Haaker had the slowest hot lap time of 43.34 after going down during the firewood section . Blazusiak took the Moose Holeshot and an early lead in moto one , ahead of Hart , Webb and Walker . Blazusiak would hold onto the lead for the duration of the race , though Hart was closing the gap lap after lap until a hiccup in the rock garden slowed him down right before the white flag went out . Haaker would also run into some issues himself after starting on the second row due to his crash in his hot lap . A mid-race fall off the rock garden would keep him out of the top five as he finished in sixth place . Hart would stay the course and finish P2 behind Blazusiak and Walker behind Hart in P3 .
The second moto inverts the sixteen riders ’ finish positions from race one for gate picks , so the top eight riders start on the second row . Nick Thompson shot out of the gate to the holeshot with Abbott and
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