OFF-ROAD
RED BULL OVERRIDE HARD ENDURO
DECEMBER 7-8, 2019
ROCKY RIDGE RANCH / DECATUR, TEXAS
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surprised how good it worked
out with lights and the full setup."
In his first-ever hard enduro,
25-year-old Chilean Benjamin
Herrera impressed a lot of
people with his runner-up finish.
Herrera used a calm and col-
lected approach to the race.
"It was really good," said Her-
rera. "The track was hard, but if
you stay calm, you can make all
the sections clean. The hardest
point was when the night came
and after you get the lappers.
But the track was really nice.
unique.
"It was also long and grueling,
and I think I had a good pace
from the beginning on. I actually
kept a good pace until the last
lap. But if I'm to be honest, I was
struggling a little bit in the last
lap. I was just tired because I
knew that I had a good gap.
"The technical stuff, like all
the uphills, it was kind of cool
because the lights, there was
no problem if you go uphill.
The downhills were a little bit
sketchy, but in general, I was
Sherco's Quinn Wentzel lost
a lot of time when he got lost,
picked up a wrong arrow, which
brought him back around to the
start.
After eight approximately
45-minute laps, Lettenbichler
crossed the finish almost 17-min-
utes ahead of Herrera for the
victory.
"It was a really long and tough
day," said Lettenbichler. "Espe-
cially in the dark, it was chal-
lenging. We had to put lights on
for the night portion, so it was
World Enduro rider Benjamin Herrera (Beta) of Chile took on his first hard enduro
race and turned a lot of heads with second overall.
