Landen Gordon ends Enzo Temmerman's streak with Open Pro Sport Moto 2 win
Known generally for his ability to secure strong starts, Gordon has needed to overcome modest launches in the first two days of the National. That changed on Thursday as Gordon got a solid jump off the gate and recorded his fastest laps early.
Leading Cole Forbes during the first two laps, Gordon developed a 10-second gap over the field when that rider experienced problems on Lap 3 and fell to sixth. Forbes would eventually finish eighth in the moto.
Dan Beaver,
Kade Johnson made his way into second place with Forbes' incident, but was forced to relinquish the position one lap later to Temmerman. Johnson gradually lost contact with Temmerman and finished third.
As for the winner of the Open Pro Sport Moto 1, both races in the 250 Pro Sport division, Temmerman had an uncharacteristically poor start in seventh. Passing two riders in each of the next two laps, he quickly moved into podium consideration, but was 11.6 seconds off the pace by the time he achieved second. Temmerman settled into a matching pace with Gordon and finished 10.7 behind the leader.
Gordon's 2-1 and Temmerman's 1-2 mean that the third moto on Saturday will be a winner-take-all affair.
Johnson was never challenged for his third-place finish, ahead of Husqvarna's Heath Harrison in fourth.
Diesel Thomas rounded out the top five in fifth.
250 Pro Sport Moto 2 Results
Landen Gordon, Atascadero, Calif., Kawasaki
Enzo Temmerman, Visalia, Calif., Kawasaki
Kade Johnson, Hideaway, Texas, Yamaha
Heath Harrison, Silverhill, Ala., Husqvarna
Diesel Thomas, Raymond, Neb., Husqvarna
Landon Hartz, Wilsonville, Ala., Yamaha
Jacob Baumert, Heartland, Texas, Yamaha
Cole Forbes, Richmond, Va., KTM
Klark Robbins, Shamong, NJ, GasGas
Luke Fauser, Midland, Penn., KTM
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