Hetrick made quick work and moved into second on the second lap, with Upperman remaining in third. Perhaps one of the best battles of the race was for the fourth place position between Rastrelli, Maxxis/Root River Racing/JB Racing’s Thomas Brown and Maxxis/FLY Racing/Baldwin Motorsports’ John Natalie. The three racers continued to switch places throughout the latter half of the race.

While the battle for fourth was going on behind them, Hetrick was busy charging for the lead. After getting around Upperman Hetrick had his eyes set on Wienen. Due to his unfavorable start, Hetrick had to throw his goggles off in an attempt for better vision. After putting forth his best effort, Hetrick was unable to make the pass at the end of the 20-minute moto finishing just a tenth of a second behind Wienen.

Wienen would end up seeing the checkered flag first followed by Hetrick and Upperman. With the battle for fourth winding down with a couple of laps remaining it was Rastrelli taking the position followed by Natalie in fifth and Brown in sixth.

“I had a bad holeshot in the first moto and missed a shift,” said Hetrick. “I ended up having to take my goggles off and it was pretty hard to follow that close behind without goggles, but I had an epic battle with Chad and just couldn’t make the pass.”

By the start of the 4 p.m. moto the rain had cleared off leaving the track in near perfect race conditions. The start would be a flip-flop of the first moto with Hetrick claiming the second moto SSi Decals Holeshot Award, and Wienen finding himself stuck in the middle of the field of riders.

Hetrick used this early lead to his advantage to gain valuable seconds on the rest of the field while Rastrelli and AGX Designs/Walsh Racecraft/Maxxis-backed Nick Gennusa tried their best to keep with his pace.

Wienen knew he had to quickly advance himself in the field in order to make the overall podium. By the sixth lap he had worked his way from seventh to third. By the time Wienen had made his way into second, Hetrick had a commanding lead living up to his nickname “Kid Dynamite.” Hetrick would end up crossing the line first (2-1) followed by Wienen (1-2) and Rastrelli (4-3).