VOL. 50 ISSUE 23 JUNE 11, 2013
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Briefly...
zine's Adam Booth took the Vet-class
win ahead of Stephen Foord and Jason Gitchel. Justin Morgan won the
Open Amateur class and was followed
by Steven Godman and Kale Elworthy. The TrialsCross class was won by
14-year-old Ty Cullins, who was followed by Michael Salsman and Nathan Brown.
Ricky Dietrich, the 2008 EnduroCross Champion and former WORCS
Champion, has returned to EnduroCross in 2013 and is steadily improving
his speed and results. After missing
the main events in Brazil and Las Vegas, the Honda rider qualified in Barcelona and then again in Sacramento.
Unfortunately, a first-lap crash took
him out of contention for a top result
and he finished 13th.
Taddy Blazusiak (1) wasn't quite
100-percent but he made a run for the
podium anyway.
had problems that dropped him to
sixth.
"We replaced a radiator this afternoon and the vent hose was not
routed properly and I had hot steam
blowing on my chest and it blew my
rhythm," Redmond said.
Lucas Oil/Rockstar JCR Honda's Haaker and Blazusiak recovered from their first-turn crash to
work their way through the field
and challenge Graffunder for the
final podium position. Haaker,
who had set the fastest time dur-
Geoff Aaron had a tough night in Sacramento after finishing out of a qualifying position in his heat race, he needed to get a first or second in the LCQ
and looked well on his way to doing
so when he pulled the holeshot. But
things went bad with a big crash on the
first lap. He remounted and closed to
the back wheel of second but came up
just short of getting in.
The GEICO AMA EnduroCross Series will take a summer break and
resume action on Saturday, September 21, at the Citizens Business Bank
Arena in Ontario, California. In the
meantime, most of the top Expert Men
and Female riders will compete in the
two X Games events taking place during the break. The first of those will be
held in Munich, Germany in less than
three weeks on June 30 followed by
X Games Los Angeles on August 4.
Check your local listing for live TV and
web coverage via ESPN.
