and I was just trying to breathe
through it. I just kept pushing for-
ward. Fahringer and I kept bow-
ing out on the last lap. That kind
of kept me pushing forward."
FactoryONE Sherco's Nick
Fahringer rounded out the top
five. Last year, Fahringer rode a
four-stroke and finished second.
This year he was on a 300 two-
stroke.
"Ironically, last year I did real
well on the four-stroke here, but
this year we also had, I think,
a lot more competition," said
Fahringer. "The Sherco 300 was
working good today. Yesterday
I had some setup changes go-
ing into the qualifying, and first
moto I just was not clicking, so
was good; it was two laps and
the second one got harder," said
Gerston. "The first lap, I had a
decent start, and I made just
a couple stupid mistakes, just
classic rookie mistakes. I still
was able to regroup and keep
going pretty good. I actually
wasted a lot of energy on the
first lap. I was taking bad lines
and that just cost me a lot of en-
ergy more than anything else. So
then coming through the second
lap, I kind of regrouped and I
rode better. Made an effort to hit
my marks, hit my lines and just
keep moving forward, use my
proper technique. I had a little
cramping on that second lap,
but it kind of came and went,
I pushed as hard as I could and
ended up sixth, so that put me
on the second row. In the final,
I was third on my row going into
the woods and passed those
guys pretty quick. Then I tried to
reel in the front group as quick
as I could, so I could try and just
kind of hang with them. Then I
quickly realized my pace that I
could run comfortably was faster
than [Nick] Fahringer and [Max]
Gerston. I was like, 'okay, so I
got to get around these guys.'
Then I just kind of settled in
and rode the rest of the day as
smooth as I could."
Commo's Beta USA teammate
Max Gerston finished just off
the podium in fourth. "The final
OFF-ROAD
SHERCO AMA EAST EXTREME SERIES
ROUND 1 / JULY 4-5, 2020
TAMAQUA, PENNSYLVANIA
P54
Former trials rider
Ronnie Commo
put his trials skills
to good use and
finished out the
weekend on the
podium.
