VOL. 55 ISSUE 37 SEPTEMBER 18, 2018 P57
NCNEIL SURPRISES
Jarryd McNeil, the nine-time X
Games medalist, competed in Costa
Mesa, and he jumped right into the
pro class. He qualified into the
26-rider night show via the morning
qualifiers. The freestyle specialist
failed to qualify for the main event
but surprised a lot of the other riders
and fans with his off-road skills on
the demanding track. And McNeil
was clearly having a good time chal-
lenging himself and still had some
fun throwing in a heel-clicker-to-no-
handed-lander to end the afternoon
practice session.
WHO IS #96?
Cristobal Guerrero had a lot of
people asking: "Who is the number
96 on the Yamaha?" He's from Spain
and competes in the FIM SuperEn-
duro World Championship, where he
finished seventh earlier this year. He
came to the U.S. to do some riding
and training and borrowed a bike
from Yamaha to race at Costa Mesa.
He had to go to the LCQ to make it to
the main event but then put in a great
ride to finish an impressive fifth.
LEADERBOARD
Two races into the six-race series,
Colton Haaker has taken over the
Super EnduroCross (Pro) champi-
onship lead with 51 points. Cody
Webb is second with 47 and Trystan
Hart is third with 32 points. Haaker
and Webb are the dominant riders
and more often finish 1-2, making it
difficult for either to open much of
a points gap, making it significant
for Hart to wedge himself between
the former champions, taking some
points away from the defending
champion.
Briefly...
the fastest time during the day only to go down right at
the end of his hot lap. That meant he had a last-place
gate pick coming into the heat races of the evening
program. By now, the track conditions were unpredict-
able, and it would ultimately come down to a contest of
who could adapt quickest.
After topping the afternoon's hot lap, Webb kept the
momentum going by winning the first of the two pro-
class heat races, qualifying straight to the main. The
other qualifying positions went to Benjamin Herrera,
Trystan Hart, Noah Kepple, Cooper Abbott and Dustin
McCarthy who filled out the top six positions and went
straight to the main.
In heat two, despite a second-row start, Haaker
quickly moved to the front and walked away with the
win in the second heat race. Also getting into the main
Opening-round winner
Cody Webb had to
settle for third.
