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By the beginning of the 2nd lap, Chad Duvall's race day would be over once again after twisting his steering stem yet again as he pulled into the pits :(
Greg Trew wasn't having any better luck either as he headed to the pits to replace one of his steering components as well, which would set him back one lap, but he wasn't about to quit if he could avoid it.
Hang in their guys, it can only get better :D
As the riders came back around for the end of the 2nd lap, the battle for the lead remained intense with Chris Jenks still out front with Chris Borich and Bill Ballance within striking distance.
Close to 30 seconds later, William Yokley came through in 4th hard on the gas as he tried to close the gap on the top three.
One minute later, #4 Matt Smiley and #11 Michael Houston came through,tire to tire, battling for the 5th spot after Bryan Baker found him stuck in a mud hole around the 6 mile mark that dropped him back several positions.
A few seconds later, Andy Lagzdins came through in 7th place with the two Bryan's battling for the 8th spot in the background with Todd Knippenberg also hot on their heals.
Cook and Knippenberg would both make the pass on Baker before the end of the lap sending Bryan Baker back to 10th place.
Brandon Ballance began his charge to the front as he moved up to 12th place after two laps and moved to within 20 seconds on Santo Derisi in 11th.
Johnny Gallagher remained in 14th after he was passed by Rhett Butler.
Jeremy Rice race day ended after two laps after making an attempt to reweld his foot peg with no success :(
As Chris Jenks Entered the MX section of the track for the 3rd lap, he remained in the lead with Bill Ballance and Chris Borich in hot pursuit, but Jenks had lost his front brakes after bending a rotor, so it was going to be a challenge to maintain the lead.
Only several jumps into the MX track, Chris Jenks opted not to launch a huge unforgiven double, which gave Bill the oppurtunity he was looking for as he launched over top of Jenks and took over the lead.