IN
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GERSTON
CROWNED
WHS CHAMP
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RT Husqvarna rider Trystan
Hart finished the weekend
and season strongly, winning the
Super EnduroCross Junior Cham-
pionship at the AMA EnduroCross
finale in Southern California on
Saturday night then winning the
10th and final round of the Kenda/
SRT AMA West Hare Scrambles
Regional Championship Series—
the Wilseyville Hare Scrambles—
after an all-night drive to Northern
California. It marked his third
triumph of the series and put him
fifth in final points despite skipping
half the rounds due to commit-
ments back home in Canada.
Grey Area KTM's Devan Bolin
and SRT Husqvarna-mounted
J.T. Baker rounded out the
podium at the Wilseyville Hare
Scrambles, hosted by the Nor
Cal Motorcycle
Club.
But fourth-place finisher Max
Gerston was the big winner for
the season, wrapping up the
series title in his first try aboard
his FMF Kenda Klim-sponsored
Beta 390 RR.
Though he had a sizable
points lead over defending series
champ Nick Burson going into
the finale, Beta's Gerston opted
to skip the EnduroCross finale
and concentrate on wrapping up
the title with as good a perfor-
mance as he could.
At first, Hart didn't look like a
potential winner as he lagged be-
hind the pack led by local rider
Jason Hurst, Clayton Gerstner
and Cole Conatser. Burson and
Gerston weren't far behind, but
Hart, on the other hand, was.
"I think I was dead last,"
Kenda/Motul/O'Neal Racing
FX 350-mounted Hart laughed.
"It was tough to pass because it
was so tight, so the first lap was
just following, following, and the
only time I got someone was
when someone made a mistake
so that made it slow."
But Hart eventually erased the
deficits and worked his way into
the lead. Once out front, there
was no catching him, though
crashing twice on the final lap
worried him.
"I was lucky to get back up
and just keep going," Hart said.
"This track really suited my style
and it was good. That Devan
Bolin guy—he was fast, though,
and he definitely kept me honest
that last lap."
For a self-described "old and
out-of-shape guy," Bolin got
around the approximately 15-mile
course very quickly on his Grey
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
MARK
KARIYA
Trystan Hart had a busy
weekend but it was
worth it after winning
the Wilseyville Hare
Scrambles.
