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300-mounted Haaker saying, "I expect-
ed it to be harder. It was a different kind
of hard—it wasn't the traditional hard
enduro where you're like, 'Oh man,
I've got to trials ride to really get up this
ledge and find traction in this place,' but
the whole time [today] you were kind of
fighting so it was kind of relentless. The
speed was a bit higher, so you were
bouncing through rocks and going with
it and having a hard time keeping the
bike going straight a lot."
Webb agreed, the Red Bull/Kenda/
FXR 300 SE-mounted defending
champ saying, "I kind of thought it'd
be nastier, longer, more aggressive
so I went for a little bit harder tire, and
However, Robert said, "The crazy part
was I lost probably 30 seconds with that
tipover, but we go over the back side
of the hill and everybody was just kind
of navigating. I had my GPS dialed in,
and I went from fifth to first in about 10
seconds! Everybody was riding around
in circles, and I looked down and it was
a straight line on my GPS."
Hart completed the first lap in less
than an hour aboard his Red Bull/Mo-
torex/Thor-backed 300 XC-W, con-
siderably faster than the estimate of an
hour and 20 minutes posited by officials
familiar with the course. Robert, Haak-
er, Webb and Graffunder appeared
next with FMF/Galfer/Fly Racing TX
(Above) Eventual
winner Trystan
Hart clambers up
Jackhammer in the
qualifying moto.
