VOLUME 56 ISSUE 42 OCTOBER 22, 2019 P71
SCHOOLED
Destry Abbott, the multi-time cham-
pion off-road racer got the Denver
EnduroCross weekend started with
one of his DA8 Training classes on
Friday night. The 23 riders in at-
tendance got a lot of instruction and
track time from Destry and his son
Cooper during the two-hour session.
They will be doing another Friday-
night session at the Boise finals this
coming weekend.
STILL A VET
Speaking of Destry Abbott, he won
the Vet 35+ class in Denver. Because
he's a former champ, Abbott often
gets grief for competing in the Vet
class, but he is well into his 40s and
still recovering from leukemia treat-
ments. Canadian Michael Dobovich
finished second and Craig Thompson
rounded out the podium on his SRT
Husqvarna.
HISTORY MAKER
History was made in Denver as
Shelby Turner won the Intermediate
class on her KTM. She is the first
female to win the Intermediate class
at an EnduroCross event, and she
had to work her way through qualify-
ing that started in the morning with 37
entries. Fellow Canadian, Cole Wilton
worked his way up to finish second
and Colorado local Tell Gore rounded
out the podium. Turner also won the
Women's class in Denver. Beta's
Rachael Gutish finished second and
former Women's EnduroCross Cham-
pion Maria Hahn (Forsberg) rounded
out the podium.
TRIPS TO THE PODIUM
Denver resident Scotty Miller won the
Amateur class. Jared Prosser and
Morgan Tanke rounded out the podi-
um. For the first time, there was a 50+
Masters class, sponsored by My Door
Company. Fifty-year-old Andy Hitch
took the win over Michael Kellogg
and Mark Blackman. Vail Colorado's
Nicole Bradford competed in both the
Women's and Vet 35+ classes. She
was one of the first women to ever
compete in an EnduroCross, before
there was a Women's class. The
47-year-old has competed in multiple
ISDE events and won several off-road
championships over the years. She
rode strong during the daytime qualifi-
ers but a few crashes held her back to
fifth in the Women's main and seventh
in the Vet 35+ class.
Briefly...
Trystan Hart won the
final moto and finished
third overall. He is
currently third in points.
