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O
nce again, the latest round
of the 2018 EnduroCross
Championship in Everett, Wash-
ington, starred Colton Haaker
and Cody Webb, as the two
top riders in the championship
battled for the victory. The Everett
race came down to the last cou-
ple of laps before it was ultimately
decided, with Haaker (Rockstar
Energy Husqvarna) coming away
with the exciting win.
Haaker and Webb (FMF KTM)
battled back and forth all race
long with Webb holding the lead
with just two laps to go. That's
when Haaker made another
attempt to get by the KTM rider
and was successful. But the race
wasn't over yet!
Webb tried to get the lead
back right away but instead fell in
the rock section and saw Haaker
ride off with the win. Webb got
back going again to keep second
place.
It was Haaker's first victory at
Everett.
"I finally won Everett," Haaker
said. "I have never won here,
and I felt that tonight was critical
for the championship because
I didn't want next week to be a
game-seven win-or-lose in Boise.
The championship is not done
but it's a little easier now. I knew
it was getting close to the finish
and Cody made a mistake com-
ing out of the rocks. It was now
or never so I committed to the
double and he came over on me
a little, but he backed out and,
from there, I just needed one
more clean lap."
Along the way, Haaker had a
run-in with Ty Tremaine, who was
running third and being lapped
by the Husqvarna rider. Tremaine
went down and suffered a wrist
injury that put him out of the race.
"I am bummed about Ty [Tre-
maine] getting hurt but, as we
came to lap them, our lines just
came together," Haaker said.
Webb said, "That was tough for
me to battle back and forth with
Colton like that and this Endu-
roCross is tough. It was a great
race and a great show for the
crowd. We got really close when
he passed me on that double.
I had to pull out of that and I
pushed to the end but ended up
crashing in the rocks. I am happy
that I rode better than I did in
Denver but, of course, I am not
Colton Haaker leads
Cody Webb at the
Everett, Washington-
round of the 2018
EnduroCross
Championship. Haaker
went on to win.
