On a dusty, dry Crawfordsville circuit at The Hoosier GNCC, defending XC2 250 Pro Class Champion Grant Davis made a point to charge from start to finish over the course of the three-hour race, having come close to the overall win in recent rounds.

In powering his KTM 250 XC-F to the front of the pack, Davis returned to the top step of the overall and class podium in Indiana, claiming what was yet another convincing result with FMF KTM Factory Racing Team Landers. The win marked his fifth in class during the 2025 season to date, building a 21-point lead in the series.

Grant Davis: "I’ve been working so hard all year and I’ve been pretty bummed these last couple races to keep coming up short on the overall. These last two weeks, I’ve been really working on myself, and usually when I catch the XC1 guys, I take a breather, but this time I kept the hammer down and tried to make moves as fast as possible! Overall, it was an awesome day, and I’m so pumped on the result.”

FMF KTM Factory Racing Team’s Ben Kelley made a strong return to form after a more challenging previous round, racing his KTM 350 XC-F to the XC1 Open Pro Class victory and sitting atop the overall point standings seven rounds into the 2025 season. The former GNCC Champion has now earned four class victories this year.

Ben Kelley: "It was a tough day! The track was really rough, but I got myself into the lead there around lap two or three, which was good, and then later in the race, I had about a 15-second lead on Grant, but I was struggling by that point. He eventually got by me and I tried to keep him in my sights so he could drag me along to the end. I’m happy with the rebound from last week, there was some good and some bad from today, so onto the next one.”

After winning XC2 250 Pro last time out, Gus Riordan's impressive 2025 season continued at Round 7, scoring third overall at The Hoosier event and P2 in class equipped with the KTM 250 XC-F.

Gus Riordan: “I was able to get the holeshot, which is the first one in a long time, and I think my mechanic was happy with that! I tucked the front not long after that and went down, then from there it was hard to make the time up on Grant. I had Cody [Barnes] right on me for the rest of the race, which was stressful, but all-in-all I’m happy and ready to go for the next one – I’m feeling good!”