William Yokley was determined to keep Ballance within striking distance as the pair launched over logs through the trees.
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William Yokley was determined to keep Ballance within striking distance as the pair launched over logs through the trees.
Only a couple seconds would seperate the pair until the final lap, when Bill Ballance would end up getting stuck behind a lapped rider stalled out, which allowed William to pull away from Bill.
Just under a minute back was Chris Borich in third place
Matt Smiley and Bryan Cook were going back an forth early in the race, but race end Smiley pulled away from Cook and was up behind Chris Borich.
Bryan Cook would run into his share of problems on the last lap with a rider tumbling into his quad and snapping his nerfbar, which set him over two minutes back behind Smiley in 4th place and Brandon Ballance to move in behind him.
Chris Jenks settled himself into the eight spot after he passed Natalie Jr on the final lap.
Andy Lagzdins was also having an off day especially after the found himself stuck at the top of the hill climb, but luckily the fans were able to pull him to the top without him tumbling down the hill like many others.
Derisi worked his way back up to finish out the race in 13th, and you could tell that he couldn't wait till this race was over.
On the final lap, #28 Chris Bithell charge continued as he worked his way into contingency to win the Overall with adjusted time, and it was brought to Yokley’s attention, so he put his head down to give it everything he had, but only a few hundred yards from the finish line he made a costly mistake, which sent him over the bars on a down hill, but with the help of fans, he jumped back on his Suzuki and sprinted to the Checkered flag in hopes it wouldn’t cost him the Overall.
Sixteen seconds later, Bill Ballance crossed the finish line in second place in the Pro Class, but all eyes remained on the woods as everyone was counting down the seconds for Chris Bithell to emerge.