MOUNT MORRIS, Pennsylvania: Charli Cannon took the lead away from Lachlan Turner as time was running off the clock when Turner cross-rutted with time running off the clock and crashed.
Cannon struggled in Moto 1, when Taylah McCullough lost traction going up the face of the tunnel jump. She rebounded to finish fifth in that race. In Moto 2, Cannon led on the original start, but got a modest start and quickly lost the tow in the second restart of Moto 2.
Cannon’s overall victory snapped a seven-race streak by Turner.
Turner has been under the weather all weekend in the High Point National, but even than could not keep her from challenging for the overall win.
Turner got a poor start in Friday’s Moto 1 and rebounded to finish third. She got another poor start in the second moto on the initial gate drop, but a massive Turn 1 crash that eliminated Mayla Herrick from competition forced a complete restart.
The third time was the charm and Turner earned the holeshot in Moto 2 and rode away from the field. Turner’s crash changed the complexion of Round 3.
Turner and Cannon tied in points, but Cannon was awarded the overall on the tiebreaker of the better second moto finish.
Lotte van Drunen also benefitted from the restart. Her holeshot starting device locked down on the initial start. The team disengaged the device and did not get a good start without it, but she battled to fourth in Moto 2 and finished second overall.
Herrick’s crash in Turn 1 was the scariest incident of the afternoon. She was carried off the track by the Alpinestars Medical cart and transported to a local hospital. She was awake and alert.
