ROUND 2/JUNE 8, 2013
SLEEP TRAIN ARENA/SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA
OFF-ROAD
P96
GEICO AMA ENDUROCROSS SERIES
ing the night time hot laps to get
the first gate pick was very impressive and passed both Blazusiak and Redmond to get into
fourth with less than two laps to
go. Haaker continued his charge
to close the gap on Graffunder
and made a last lap banzai move
into the firewood pit to try to take
the final podium position but
went down.
"After going down on the start,
I nearly crashed again when Dietrich crashed in front of me and
I got stuck on his bike," Haaker
said. "I just kept pushing forward,
forward, forward and made some
good passes and just went for it
to try to get third on the last lap."
The move backfired as Blazusiak, who revealed that he had
been ill the week leading up to
the race, passed him for fourth.
"Haaker hit the back of me on
the start and took us both down,"
Blazusiak said. "I got the jump
on him and moved over and then
