OFF-ROAD
SHERCO AMA EAST EXTREME SERIES
ROUND 1 / JULY 4-5, 2020
TAMAQUA, PENNSYLVANIA
P52
or not, but once I got a gap on
Colton, I just pushed really hard
for the whole rest of that lap and
about half that second lap. I just
put a charge on to get ahead
and cruised it into the finish."
Being a veteran of extreme
races all over the world, Webb
thought his first Tough Like
RORR ranked up there with the
best.
"I think the trickiest part
about this track was a lot of off-
cambers with loose rocks," said
Webb. "That first lap following
just kind of rode my own race
and felt way better even though
a little more fatigued.
"I was trying to conserve
energy when he was leading,
and we were going fast," Webb
said. "That's when I just started
making dumb mistakes. I almost
went over the bars. I jumped off
the bike a couple times. I only
had one little tip-over on the sec-
ond lap. It definitely wears you
down, and I was kind of afraid
that first lap how hard we were
pushing if I was going to make it
I thought. But two-thirds of the
way through that second lap, I
was kind of like, 'I understand
now.' It started kind of just drag-
ging down on you. There are
endless rocks. The first lap, I
was riding with Colton there for
the huge majority of it. We were
having just a really hot pace. I
kind of just let him run his pace
making there, hoping it would
wear him out. Maybe it did,
maybe it didn't. But I was mak-
ing a lot of mistakes when I was
behind him. The second lap, I
The anticipated
duel for the win
between long-time
rivals Colton Haaker
(pictured) and
Webb played out
early in the race.
Haaker eventually
withdrew due to heat
exhaustion.
