In a repeat of last round’s results, North Carolina’s Jordan Jarvis took another win with a perfect 1-1 finish. Kylie Fasnacht again placed second with a 2-2 finish. Jamie Astudillo, back from her history-making Moto America exploits, where she became first woman to podium in the professional series, went 3-3, taking the last podium spot. 

Astudillo was first off the gate in moto one, with Shelby Rolen in second place behind her. Jarvis passed Rolen in short order and had taken the lead from Astudillo by the end of the first lap. Meanwhile, after a less-than-ideal start, Fasnacht struggled to make passes on the first lap, but was able to work her way up into a solid third by lap two. Slowly but surely she began to catch Astudillo, making the pass for second halfway through the moto. 

Although the gap between Jarvis and Fasnacht leveled off during the last half, Fasnacht was unable to meaningfully decrease it, and the two finished out the race just over ten seconds apart. Astudillo came in a little behind them for a third place finish in the moto. Rolen’s fourth place position remained unchallenged for the remainder of the race after getting passed by Fasnacht in the second lap. 

Meanwhile, Eve Broadeur had been holding a steady fifth place position before making a mistake on lap three, which would drop her to seventh behind Amanda Brown and Amanda Sokalski. Despite soreness from an earlier practice crash, Broadeur was able to recover from the bad lap, passing Sokalski the following lap and Brown two laps later.

Brown and Sokalski took the sixth and seventh place positions in the moto, staying relatively close together. Although they finished a lap down from the rest of the pack, an intense battle was raging for positions eight through ten. The gap between Marissa Peck, Nicole Gaudern and Morgan Johnson got progressively smaller and smaller, and by the last lap they finished practically on top of each other, with only five seconds separating the three of them.

When the gate dropped on moto two, it was a similar scene to the first moto, with Astudillo taking the holeshot once again. Rolen got a good jump as well, but both riders were passed by Jarvis early in the moto. Jarvis would develop a commanding lead, and finish a full fifteen seconds ahead of her next closest competitor to take the overall win. This was all the more impressive given that she missed Friday’s practice to attend her high school prom. She told us “It was great to win again, especially at this track! I grew up not too far from here and have been riding in the area since I was on a 50cc. I felt good on the bike and I'm ready for the next round." 

Astudillo rode an excellent second moto, holding on to second place up until the last lap, despite intense pressure from Fasnacht for the five laps prior. Astudillo talked about her great battle with Fasnacht, and stated “obviously there is room for improvement, but I think I did better than I did at my last WMX race in Daytona.” Fasnacht was able to make the pass for second on the last lap with little time to spare, despite having an issue with her brakes throughout a large part of the moto. “The race had its ups and downs. I struggled to make passes and had mechanical issues, but everyone was riding really well. Congrats to Jordan Jarvis for capturing another win!” 

Throughout the first half of the moto, Rolen again rode alone in fourth, but Brodeur was steadily making up time. In the last half of the moto, the two had a tight battle, and Rolen was unable to hold Brodeur off. This placed Brodeur in fourth overall for the weekend (5-4), and dropped Rolen back to fifth (4-5). This was not all the racing Rolen would be doing, however. She wrapped up an already long weekend of racing by driving to South Carolina and taking a ninth place finish at the Camp Coker Bullet GNCC.