VOL. 55 ISSUE 42 OCTOBER 23, 2018 P31
But Haaker was riding well,
too. He won his heat race over
Kyle Redmond (Team SRT
Husqvarna), Geoff Aaron, Ty Cul-
lins, Dustin McCarthy and Daniel
Mundell.
When Haaker and Webb met
for the first time in the bracket
race, Haaker made an aggres-
sive pass on Webb to take the
win and the single championship
point that comes with it.
Webb, however, was looking
good early in the main event
when he took the lead away from
Haaker, who had bobbled in the
rock pile after having taken the
holeshot. Webb was cruising up
front until lappers started imped-
ing his progress, resulting in a
stumble in the rock pile, just like
Haaker had earlier in the race.
Haaker saw his chance and
pounced, passing Webb for the
lead. Haaker rode a strong and
steady race from there on out,
though he did fall once, and took
the win over Webb.
"Denver has always been re-
ally good to me," Haaker said.
"The tracks are a little faster
and I always have good results
here. I've won four of the last
five races here. I made an error
in the rocks after my holeshot
and Cody got by me, so I tried to
keep calm and just ride my race
to the end.
"I tried to keep the pressure
on but not make mistakes,"
Haaker said. "I saw an opening
in the rocks in the same exact
place I lost the lead and I went
for it. From there I tried to put
Cody Webb had a shot
at the win until a bobble
in the rock pile. He still
finished second.
Ty Tremaine, now
riding a Beta, finished
out the night on the
podium.
