OFF-ROAD
RED BULL OVERRIDE HARD ENDURO
DECEMBER 7-8, 2019
ROCKY RIDGE RANCH / DECATUR, TEXAS
P66
because the markings left a little
to be desired. I wasn't com-
fortable racing on the first lap
because I didn't know where we
were going. Then I started riding
stronger and stronger once I had
ridden the course once, and
then I was all by myself.
"I had a few little incidents
here on the course. Smashed
my foot. Didn't really start drop-
ping the bike until the last two
laps. Just running out of steam
halfway up a hill.
"Fifth isn't the best, but there
was a pretty focused group of
Indiana rider got to the start late
and was in the back of the pack
on the first lap.
"It was just a chaotic start
to begin with," said Fahringer.
"I was way back in the pack,
so I got pretty aggressive on
the grass track getting into
the woods. I think I went from
10th to third, somebody said. I
don't know. We were just kind
of training together, riding in a
tight group in the top three, five,
whatever it was. We diced it up a
little. I knew we had to pace our-
selves and try to find the course
it was frustrating getting lost.
[But] at that point in the race it
really didn't matter. Everyone's
learning the track. So the race
hasn't really started yet. Manni
got away, but other than that, no
one else was able to get away.
So it was really cool. We were
yelling at the other riders and
throwing our hands up in the air
like, 'Where's the course?' Then
someone would see it and take
off, and then we'd all take off. So
I had a lot of fun there."
Sherco USA's Nick Fahringer
rounded out the top five. The
Canadian Cory Graffunder (Husqvarna) negotiates one of the more difficult sections at night.
