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the checkers and the big check,
while everyone else shifted into
survival mode.
"I enjoyed the race," Young
said. "I found it challenging. I
was a little bit tired at the end,
but I just tried to keep the wheels
turning and keep flowing and just
make no mistakes."
Fahringer kept a solid pace to
finish second, although Staple-
ton gained on the Sherco rider,
Fahringer, and was just over five
minutes behind at the finish.
"Wade blew us all away," Fah-
ringer said. "He had a good ride.
I had a reasonable ride. I had a
few problems, but I'm happy with
second."
Like Young, Stapleton was
making his first attempt at Tough
Like RORR and was pleased with
third. "I've just been watching this
race online over the last couple
years; I've wanted to get into this
extreme enduro thing, and I've
never really done it," Stapleton
said. "So this is sort of a first for
me, and I enjoyed it.
"It started off a little rough. I
got dead last off my start and got
absolutely filled in with mud in
the first corner. So, the first sort
of 20 minutes I got passed by a
bunch of guys. Then once we got
to the harder stuff, I just started
to get into my groove and just
flow a little bit and just picking off
people one by one."
Fahringer took home $2600
for second, while Stapleton
claimed a check for $1500.
Quinn Wentzel (Husqvarna)
turned in a gutsy performance
to finish fourth. The former Pro
Trials rider broke both his brake
pedal and his shift lever on lap
one and had to hold on for dear
life on some of the near-vertical
downhills.
"I caught up to Nick in a gnarly
rock section and next thing I
know, my rear brake pedal is
busted off," Wentzel said. "Also,
my shifter was busted off all the
way down to a nub. So, I was
missing shifts, and I could barely
stop, so I really had to take it re-
ally easy on any downhill sections
there were. As I was going slow,
taking it easy, I got passed by
fourth place. Me and Nick battled
for a while. Ultimately, I wasn't
able to catch back up because
I just was too timid about going
down hills and not being able to
stop. Overall, I felt pretty good. It
was a good race."
Thirty-seven-year-old Stephen
Edmondson ran third after the
start, but, like Fahringer, dropped
back when he took a wrong turn.
Edmondson used his experience
to work his way up into fifth when
it started to rain on the last lap.
KTM-mounted Ed Emery fin-
ished sixth, eight minutes behind
Edmondson, while Tennessee
extreme specialist Josh Rooken-
Smith was seven minutes back in
seventh.
Jason Gilleland (Husqvarna)
edged local ace Jarrett Mohn
(KTM) for eighth, while Adam
Hartnagel rounded out the top 10
on a KTM.
Shan Moore
1. Wade Young (Shr)
2. Nick Fahringer (Shr)
3. Jake Stapleton (KTM)
4. Quinn Wentzel (Hus)
5. Stephen Edmondson (KTM)
6. Ed Emery (KTM)
7. Josh Rooken-Smith (KTM)
8. Jason Gilleland (Hus)
9. Jarrett Mohn (KTM)
10. Adam Hartnagel (KTM)
Nick Fahringer made it a Sherco 1-2.
