Haaker chased Blazusiak to the
checkered flag but couldn't find a way
around the rider from Poland.
Webb, meanwhile, cruised to victory.
In race two, with the reverse grid,
Haaker found a clean route through the
first turn and put himself into second
place, right behind his teammate Alfredo
Gomez. Webb got caught up in a first-
turn pileup and came out of it all in ninth,
while Blazusiak slipped passed Gomez
for second.
Blazusiak made up some ground on
the leader, Haaker, but ran out of time,
as Haaker went on to win the race ahead
of Blazusiak.
Webb fought his way up through the
pack and finished third.
In the final race, Blazusiak nailed the
holeshot just ahead of Haaker and Webb
for what promised to be a thrilling end to
the evening. And it was.
At one point, Webb tried getting
around Haaker, just as Haaker was trying
to get around Blazusiak for the lead, but
positions somehow stayed the same.
Eventually, Webb bobbled in the rock
section, allowing Blazusiak and Haaker
to get away.
Haaker then tried every trick in the
book to get around the veteran Blazusiak
to no avail, with Blazusiak (2-2-1) hold-
ing on for the race win and the overall
victory. Webb earned second overall via
his 1-3-3 tally, and Haaker ended up third
with his 3-1-2 results. The three extra
points Webb earned by winning the Su-
per Pole ended up putting him one point
ahead of Haaker on the night.
Despite his third place, Haaker is still
in control of the championship. With one
round left to run in Bilbao, Spain, April 6,
Haaker leads Webb by 12 points. Blazu-
siak is third, 15 points down on Webb.
"I'm going to be honest, the evening
was pretty hard for me," winner Blazu-
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(Above) Taddy
Blazusiak (111)
won the final
race of the night
and took the
overall victory in
Hungary. (Right)
Cody Webb (1)
dominated the
first race of the
night.
PHOTOGRAPHY
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FUTURE7MEDIA
