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pretty close to last. Somewhere
halfway through the first lap I got
into third and just stayed there
the rest of the race."
Former Pro trials rider, Beta
USA's Ronnie Commo rounded
out the podium. Commo had to
start from the second row after
his rear tire came off in one of
Saturday's qualifiers when he
came in contact with another
rider.
"I really had to come back
from a deep hole," said Commo.
"The second race on Saturday,
dragging my swingarm through
there, along with everyone else."
When Haaker dropped out,
LeBlond inherited second, and
he turned a lot of heads by hang-
ing on to the position all the way
to the finish line.
"I was surprised because I
thought I was behind Cody and
Colton the whole race, but I
guess something happened to
[Haaker]," said the 18-year-old
LeBlond. "I didn't really have too
many struggles, actually. I didn't
get the best start, I felt like I was
Colton, he would knock a rock
loose, and I'd hit it, and I would
almost crash. So, the first lap
was almost a little more treach-
erous. The second lap some
of those lines got burned in, so
all the off-cambers were pretty
untouched for the most part,
which makes it tricky. A couple
tricky up hills, but the hill climbs
weren't bad. There was one
extreme bit where you're just
kind of stuck in a narrow crack
the whole way through. I didn't
like that part because I was just
Pennsylvania's
own Ryder
LeBlond turned
heads with a
solid ride. The
18-year-old
finished out the
race in second.
