“I started on the fourth row so it was tough, those guys kind of got away at the beginning of the race so I just had to ride my own race,”DuVall said. “My FX 350 worked awesome all day. The track was brutal, gnarly and super rocky – definitely one of the tougher years we’ve had. I just kind of started picking off guys every lap and just tried to stay off the ground, stay smooth and not get stuck. I felt like I rode good all day but those guys kind of got away at the beginning and I was kind of like in no-man’s land but other than that it was an awesome day and I’m excited to get through summer break and get back to racing.”

In only his sixth race back from a knee injury, Trevor Bollinger started the day off on a positive note as he battled in the top-10 early in the race. Unfortunately, he tweaked his knee halfway through and after riding with limited ability, he made the tough decision to call it a day.  

“I got a good start and I was leading my group there for a while but I tweaked my knee a little bit,”Bollinger said. “From there, I couldn’t really put my foot down so I just decided that it would probably be safer and smarter to just pull it in and call it a day. Hopefully we can heal up over summer break and come back swinging.”

In the XC2 250 Pro class, defending class champion Craig DeLong got off to a great start as he assumed the lead early in the race. Clocking in the lead position for the first hour, DeLong continued to battle up front well into the halfway point but an unfortunate crash sent him to the ground pretty hard and he soon found himself in survival mode for the remainder of the race. Digging deep, DeLong did everything he could to finish strong despite the tough conditions and he salvaged sixth-place for the day, where he maintains a solid second in the class championship as the series heads into a two-month summer break.