Mullins came into the final round with a slim two-point lead in the championship standings over Nick Mackie (SPE), who was on a roll having beaten Mullins at the previous round. Mullins, however, got the early advantage after grabbing the lead at the start. Mackie followed in second with round seven winner Kyle Smith (SPE) in third.

Mackie followed Mullins into the woods to start the opening lap, but soon bobbled, allowing Smith into second. Mackie later dropped a chain and lost even more ground.

Smith pushed Mullins for a couple of circuits, but at the end of four laps of intense racing, Mullins took the checkered flag with 17 seconds to spare over Smith. Meanwhile, Mackie rebounded for third.

“I’m happy to get another championship, it’s kind of a relief to get that done,” said Mullins. “This one probably feels the best just because I feel like it’s the probably hardest-earned one out of all three of them. Going into the last lap I could tell someone was pushing, so I just tried to pick up the pace. (Smith) ended up making a mistake and gave me a little bit of breathing room, so, I was able to kind of ride an uneventful race.”

Smith’s runner-up finish marked the eighth time the North Carolina rider had finished on the podium in eight races.

“I got off to a good start and then got around Nick and got into second,” said Smith. “Charlie had a little gap on us, but I caught him. Then on the second lap I kind of went by him a little bit, and then slid out. Then he got by me and got a gap on me. Then I had another crash on the last lap. It was a good battle but I ended a little bit off the pace with Charlie with the crashes, but it was a fun race.”

Mackie finished just over a minute behind Smith for third.

“I made a little bobble when we got in the first woods section. Charlie flipped up a rock and it hit my front wheel and it just kind of made me foot dab and Kyle got around,” said Mackie. “We got rolling again and then I dropped the chain over there on one of the G-outs and I had to kind of push it up a little hill and get the chain back on.”

Yamaha-mounted Ty Teasdale was fourth overall and fourth in the XC1 Pro division in just his second ride in the XC1 Pro division. Teasdale moved to the Pro division after wrapping up the Amateur championship two rounds ago.

Shawn Ulikowski (SPE) was first Senior 40+ rider in fifth overall.

Supercross star Justin Brayton made the trip from North Carolina to compete and came away with sixth overall. Brayton says he got into eBike racing because it is a family-oriented sport and it’s a way to stay in shape during the supercross off-season.

“I don't want to start training too early for supercross, so this came at a good time,” said Brayton. “With Specialized being a huge supporter of mine for many years, it just made a lot of sense to come out here. They invited me to do Loretta Lynn’s, and I did that with zero preparation and just had so much fun, even though it was a suffer fest. I just had a blast.”

Ryan Mullins topped the Amateur class, beating fellow Specialized riders Barry Wray and Alan Jordan.

Callie Horwath (TRE) completed a clean sweep of the Women’s division for the year, adding her eighth win in eight races to claim the Women’s championship. Ginny McFall (SPE) and Suzanne Bishop (SPE) rounded out the podium in West Virginia.

Troy Zimmerman (SPE) topped the Senior 55+ division, finishing ahead of Gunner Shogren (CAN) and Ralph Thorn (SPE).

Talon Hawk (HAI) grabbed his third win of the season in the Youth (13-17) division, beating out Gavin Garlits and Mitch Hawkins (YAM) to do so. Garlits claimed the class championship with his runner-up finish.

Cooper Kuneff (SPE) added an eighth win to his total in the Youth (9-12) division to remain perfect for the year and claim the Youth (9-12) championship. Preston Ulikowski (SPE) was second and Etahn Chryst was third.

Russell Anderson (SPE) beat out Brady Randolph (SPE) and Julia Fisher (SPE) to win the Trail Bike class.