As the flag waved for the XC3 line, Jesse Ansley battled his way up through the first corner sitting in the 3^rd place spot and quickly made his way into the lead. Holding down 1^st place, Ansley land down 2 solid laps when on the third lap the dust began to play with him and his bike as his air filter was clogged. He was able to limp the bike around the track and back to the pits to get a new filter. From there Ansley put his head down and made the charge to catch back up, which by lap 4 he was back sitting in 2^nd place. After a rough 3 hours on man and machine, Jesse ended the day 2^nd XC3, 33^rd overall.

With a timely jump off the line Simon Johnson raced his way into the first corner then off into the woods sitting in 3^rd place in the 250A class. Johnson quickly made his way into 2^nd place with 1^st right in front on him. He would go on to spend the rest of the 3-hour race in an all out battle for the lead, in which 1^st and 2^nd place never checked in further than 16 seconds apart. Realizing the dry conditions could be a day ended Johnson played it smart as he said “The dust was brutal for me and my bike. I tried my best to not stuff any sooty burms and fill my air box. The 250A battle for the lead would go down to the wire where Johnson came out victorious ending the day with the A250 win, 1^st amateur overall, a personal best of 14^th overall, and taking the 2019 250A class championship. Thrilled for this championship Johnson stated, “It’s a big relief to clinch the 250A championship. It feels good when all the hours on the bike and in the garage pay off." 

In the Youth race, Brayden Nolette had another great start and found himself heading into the woods holding down 3^rd place. With the point’s battle for his class championship coming down to these final rounds, Nolette put it all out on the line this race battling the conditions, the track, and his competition. By the 3^rd lap Brayden had moved up into 2^nd place with the class leader just in front of him, and he put the charge on for make the pass for the lead “I felt super aggressive and I felt like I was attacking the course like I should be!” he said.” As the checkered flag waved after an hour and a half of racing, Nolette crossed the finish line 2^nd in YXC1 just 3 seconds behind the leader, as well as 2^nd overall in the youth race. Heading into the end of the season and with championships beginning to wrap up, Brayden stated “I have secured at least 2^nd in my class, and now we are just finding out if I am able to secure for the overall at the next two rounds. I’m just going to focus on attacking.”