VOL. 55 ISSUE 42 OCTOBER 23, 2018 P35
To surpass Hart in points, both
needed to do well. To win the
championship, it basically boiled
down to win the race, win the
championship.
But then along came Cody
Webb.
Urged on into participating
by series Race Director Brian
Garrahan, FMF KTM Factory Off-
Road Racing Team's Webb found
the prospect of a $2000 win-
ner's bonus impossible to pass
up so he booked the first flight
back to NorCal the morning after
the Denver EnduroCross (where
he finished second to Colton
Haaker).
Besides, he felt like he had
unfinished business at Donner.
"I was actually coming here
to get revenge for the last two
years," he insisted. "The first
year I was leading and just froze
to death (that's the year it rained
and even snowed a little) and
couldn't ride. Second year, dead
last [off the start]. Passed every-
one and was leading and blew
up my bike.
"This year, I had to redeem
myself!"
And he did it in style, getting
the lead early aboard his Red
Bull/Motorex/Troy Lee Designs
350 XC-F EnduroCross practice
bike (fitted with a larger IMS
fuel tank borrowed from Ivan
Ramirez) and leading comfort-
ably the rest of the way.
"I was really hoping for a
double-header win this week-
end, but one's better than none,"
Webb admitted. "Honestly, I
think everyone [made] mistakes
every lap, [not just me]. It was so
treacherous out there; you can't
see what's underneath the silt,
you catch lappers—just a lot of
dumb mistakes [on my part]." But
mistakes or not, Webb still went
home with the $2000 check.
Similarly, Rockstar Energy
Husqvarna Factory Racing
Off-road Team's Dalton Shirey
saw the race as a chance to get
some racing in before the sea-
son-ending AMA Hare & Hound
National next weekend—well, that
and the money.
Despite this being his first time
to race at Donner, the desert
speedster and his FMF/Braking/
Fly Racing-backed FX 450 did
well, getting a good start and
slotting into second place early
and holding it to the end, despite
being sick most of the week.
"It was kind of like a fast trail
ride," he claimed. "It wasn't in-
tense or anything. You had to not
make mistakes."
Chidester Transport Rac-
ing Yamaha's Jacob Argubright
In the FMF Pro 250 class,
Tyler Brumit made his first
appearance of the season
a winning one.
