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450 rookie sensation Dylan Ferrandis battled for the overall win at the third round of the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross season at High Point, while Jalek Swoll had a breakout ride to win the 250 overall.

It was an exciting day of racing at round three of the season in Mt. Morris, Pennsylvania, as the track came together perfect after a threat of rain loomed in the opening half of the day.

The opening 450 holeshot went to Cianciarulo who charged to the lead ahead of Team Honda HRC teammates Chase Sexton and Ken Roczen after the opening lap.

The battle deeper in the field was one to watch early in the moto, with Marvin Musquin (Red Bull KTM), Ferrandis, Eli Tomac (Monster Energy Kawasaki), Joey Savatgy (Rocky Mountain ATV/MC KTM), Aaron Plessinger (Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha) and Justin Barcia (TLD Red Bull GasGas) in a dog fight for the top 10.

The Honda duo pressured Cianciarulo at the halfway point to no avail, with Roczen eventually hitting the ground and dropping back to fifth.

Cianciarulo eventually stretched out a gap over Sexton who found himself on the ground, leaving the Monster Energy Kawasaki rider to take the win.

Second went to Ferrandis, followed by Roczen who recovered well, with Sexton and Plessinger rounding out the top five.

Moto two was full of surprises and incredible action, with Plessinger grabbing the lead on the opening lap only to be overtaken quickly by Cianciarulo and a resurgent Tomac.

Roczen started the moto buried in 14th place, eventually finding his way into the top five just a few laps into the moto, making some incredible passes on his way into the battle for the podium.

Roczen didn’t wait long to pull the trigger on a pass for third on Ferrandis, but the Frenchman battled back hard to maintain third place and set out after Cianciarulo in third.

With Tomac stretching out a gap, the trio of Cianciarulo, Ferrandis and Roczen went to battle. At times going three wide and swapping positions multiple times over the course of a few laps, Ferrandis settled out into second where he’d finish, taking the overall win with 2-2 on the day.

Tomac’s 6-1 moto finishes put him on the overall podium in third place, with the Kawasaki rider later stating he thinks he can keep the momentum going into the coming rounds.

Cianciarulo finished the day second overall with 1-4 finishes, putting him fourth overall in the points just 32 back from Ferrandis. Tomac’s 6-1 moto finish gave him third overall on the day, a much-needed boost following a tough start to the season.

He edged out fourth-place finisher Roczen for the final spot on the podium, the German rider taking home 3-3 finishes on the day, losing the red plate as he drops three points back of Ferrandis in the standings.

Fifth was Sexton with 4-5 moto scores, continuing to show plenty of speed but making small mistakes in both motos that cost him a shot at the podium.

Plessinger finished the day sixth overall after mixing it up at the front throughout the day, eventually going 5-8 to finish ahead of Barcia who logged 9-6 moto scores.

A trio of KTM’s rounded out the top 10, with Musquin’s 10-7 giving him eighth overall, Savatgy going 8-9 in ninth and Cooper Webb (Red Bull KTM) rounding out the top 10 going 7-11 on the day.

The series now takes a weekend off before heading to RedBud MX over the Fourth of July weekend, with Ferrandis atop the standings with 133 points, just three ahead of Roczen in second.

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It was a day of career first for Rockstar Energy Husqvarna’s Jalek Swoll as he took back-to-back moto podiums to take the 250MX overall at High Point ahead of Jett Lawrence (Team Honda HRC) and Justin Cooper (Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha).

Coming into the weekend Swoll had notched his best moto finish at round two of the 2021 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross season in Thunder Valley with a sixth place, but he came out swinging to take a victory in moto one

The opening moto was full of action with Hunter Lawrence (Team Honda HRC) jumping out to the lead early ahead of Swoll and Cooper. Swoll challenged Lawrence early, with Lawrence hitting the ground in the opening laps and dropping down the order.

Swoll grabbed the lead but was eventually chased down by his teammate RJ Hampshire, with Hampshire making the pass and checking out by nearly five seconds.

Hampshire’s moto however would end in a DNF after losing his chain, giving Swoll his career-first moto win ahead of Colt Nichols (Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha) and Jett Lawrence. Jo Shimoda (Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki) took fourth with Cooper rounding out the top five.

In moto two, it was Star Racing Yamaha teammates Nichols and Cooper taking the holeshot, with Cooper taking the lead early and never looking back. Jett Lawrence charged his way into second but was unable to run Cooper down out front.

Swoll started up front and settled into third, eventually fending off a late-race charge from Garrett Marchbanks (ClubMX Yamaha) to seal another podium finish and the overall.

Second on the day went to Jett Lawrence with 3-2 moto scores, stretching his points lead by two points over the day’s third-place finisher Cooper.

Nichols continued to make progress at round three, notching his first moto podium of the day and taking fourth overall by going 2-5 in the motos. The reigning 250SX East champion looks to have found a bit more comfort and speed in the break after Thunder Valley.

Fifth was Marchbanks after challenging for the podium in the second moto. The ClubMX Yamaha rider managing 10-4 on the day to edge out former teammate Austin Forkner (Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki) who finished sixth after going 7-6.

Ty Masterpool (GasGas) had an incredible day in Pennsylvania, taking seventh overall by taking ninth in moto one and 10th in moto two.

Hunter Lawrence had a day to forget with eighth overall, the Australian crashing in both motos but recovering well for 8-11 moto scores on the day.

Dilan Schwartz put his BarX Chaparral Ecstar Suzuki inside the top 10 in the opening moto with a sixth-place and despite a crash in moto two, managed to finish 13th to take ninth overall.

FXR Chaparral Honda’s Carson Mumford had a solid performance to take his first overall top 10. The one-time amateur standout took home 13-7 moto scores to finish 10th overall.

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