IN
THE
WIND
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Gerston Wraps Up West
Hare Scrambles Title
T
he 66th Annual Wilseyville Hare Scrambles—the eighth and
final round of the Kenda/SRT AMA West Hare Scrambles
(WHS) Regional Championship Series, Presented by Mojo-
Motorsport.com—couldn't have gone any better for Beta. The
Italian manufacturer swept the podium with Joe Wasson winning
convincingly, Zane Roberts claiming second and Max Gerston
taking the series championship with a cautious third.
Going into the race at the popular (albeit dusty this year)
venue in the Northern California mountains, Gerston carried a
16-point lead over Wasson, so all he had to do to add a second
career WHS title was finish sixth or better. Considering he'd
podiumed every previous round—with two wins and five sec-
ond-place finishes—that was a pretty safe bet, though with the
extremely silty conditions, it wasn't a given, and he rode accord-
ingly aboard his Motul/Kenda/Klim-backed 300 RR.
Wasson, on the other hand, had to go for it and he attacked
the course from the outset, riding his FMF/Rekluse/Fly Rac-
ing 430 RR almost angrily, pummeling the 11-mile course in the
trees as if it were a sprint, not a marathon of nearly three hours.
Having wrapped
up the Pro 250 title
previously, Zane
Roberts tested the
Open Pro waters
and finished
second overall.
