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Kordana Tops Holiday Mountain SRT
AMA East Hare Scrambles
R
ound four of the SRT AMA
East Hare Scrambles Cham-
pionship Series, hosted by
NETRA's Tri-State M.C., ran its
course in at Holiday Mountain in
Monticello, New York, May 4-5.
What seems to be an ex-
pected occurrence now, rain,
once again, played a significant
role in the 2019 SRT AMA East
Hare Scrambles Series. Steady
rain on Friday and Saturday left
the trail workers scrambling to
provide a safe and fun event. The
venue, a ski resort with moun-
tainous trails, provided a good
challenge for the racers.
In the main event, 20 AA
racers got their lift tickets and
lined up for the two-hour race.
This was one of the largest AA
turnouts thus far this season. In
the first turn, it was KTM rider
Nic Kordana with the holeshot.
He would stay in the lead for
most of the first lap, but gain-
ing momentum in second place
was GasGas-mounted Brendan
Riordon.
As they came out of the last
woods section, it was Riordon in
the lead but by only a few sec-
onds. These two would trade up
no less than five times through-
out the race, making for some
incredible racing action for the
spectators.
KTM's John Kelley was back
in third trailing by about 40 sec-
onds around the halfway point.
Last year's winner, Beta's Brian
Dussault, had a bad start and
was climbing his way through the
pack in the sixth position.
On the white-flag lap, Kor-
dana and Riordon continued
their battle over first place, while
Dussault and Kelley were battling
for the final podium spot. In the
end, Kordana managed to make
a final-lap pass up one of the
hills, and then Riordon suffered
a crash on one of the downhills.
Dussault held off Kelley for
third.
In the C event, Dan Forgione
out-dueled James Baker before
pulling away for the win. Vet
racer Brendan Dwyer made a
late-race push that enabled him
to catch and pass Baker for sec-
ond overall.
Kenny Held
AA
1. Nic Kordana (KTM)
2. Brendan Riordaon (GG)
3. Brian Dussault (Bet)
4. John Kelley (KTM)
5. Hunter Bush (Yam)
Nic Kordana won
the SRT AMA East
Hare Scrambles at
Holiday Mountain
in New York.
PHOTO: BRIAN LACROCE
