While Gillim ended the championship's string of photo finishes for the win, the fight for second was extremely compelling, with five riders all in contention right up to the checkered flag. Title leader Benito Solis, rival Leandro Mercado, Jake Gagne, Joey Pascarella, and Tomas Puerta came together in a tight pack over the race's final half, with the group fanning out five wide on occasion entering the hard-braking Turn 6.

Solis commented, "Everything was good. I got a good start but I wasn't able to keep up with Hayden, he got a good gap at the beginning of the race. But I'm really happy to get second and I’m still up in the points. I wasn't used to sliding much and my front wasn't gripping too much at the beginning but once the tires warmed up it was good. I'm glad to be up here and hopefully the next one will be as good."

"I had a very, very bad start. It was too hard to get back up to Gillim because he was very fast," Mercado said. "I had a little problem with the suspension. I adjusted it in the morning but I didn't have a chance to try it. A lot of times when you do that it will get better but this time it was worse. I struggled a little bit and got up to second but made a mistake. I kept pushing and finished third."

Ultimately Solis held on for second -- some three seconds behind Gillim -- and once again just edged Argentinean Mercado, who took third. Gagne scooped fourth, followed by Pascarella and Puerta.

Austin Dehaven came out on top of a duel for seventh over Canadian Emmerson Connor, while Jacob Morman and Cameron Gish rounded out the top ten.