OFF-ROAD
AMA EXTREME OFF-ROAD GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP
AUGUST 16-18, 2019
TRIALS TRAINING CENTER / SEQUATCHIE, TENNESSEE
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feel like I could put a 100 per-
cent flawless effort in. I felt like I
just was kind of off all around."
Hart rounded out the top five,
the FMF/Maxxis/RPM KTM
rider completing the seven-
lap finale with a total time of
38:02.305. Meanwhile, Trail
Jesters KTM Racing's Ben
Kelley came in just about a full
minute behind Hart for sixth.
After missing the event for a
couple of years, AmPro Ya-
maha's Ricky Russell returned
to the Trials Training Center to
finish seventh. Russell turned in
an impressive ride in Knockout 2
where he finished fourth.
Rounding out the top 10 was
Tely Energy Racing's Grant
Baylor and KTM rider Ronnie
Commo.
Nate Smith won the Satur-
day morning race and moved
on to finish 15th in Sunday's
final. Seventeen-year-old Ryder
LeBlond took the Amateur win to
earn the AMA Amateur Extreme
Enduro Grand National Champi-
onship. CN
OVERALL
1. Manuel Lettenbichler (KTM)
2. Mario Roman (She)
3. Wade Young (She)
4. Colton Haaker (Hus)
5. Trystan Hart (KTM)
6. Ben Kelley (KTM)
7. Ricky Russell (Yam)
8. Max Gerston (Bet)
9. Grant Baylor (KTM)
10. Ronnie Commo (KTM)
really been here when it's been
dry, so it was kind of wild. You
weren't fighting the bike as much
probably as you would have if it
was slippery and a little bit wet
everywhere.
"I got into fourth place in the
final and just stayed there. I
didn't have the pace of the first
three guys, but I had a little more
pace than the guys behind me,
so I rode all by myself. I just
didn't feel amazing today. Didn't
he could maybe battle for first
place. But at the end of the day,
I'm also racing. I gave it every-
thing to try and stay in second,
but I just got tired towards the
end and dropped to third."
Haaker, on the other hand,
had a rather uneventful day en
route to fourth.
"This year was different from
past years because it was so
dry—no rain, which is just dif-
ferent," said Haaker. "I've never
Beta's Rachel Gutish topped the Women's class.
