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IN THE WIND P48 Hart Wins Iowan Hard Enduro F MF KTM's Trystan Hart won the Iowan Hard Enduro, round three of the Kenda AMA Extreme Enduro East Championship, in Spragueville, Iowa, May 1-2. The Canadian topped FactoryOne Sherco's Cody Webb and Rock- star Husqvarna's Colton Haaker in the overall results, which used a motocross style two-moto format. The racing kicked off with a hot lap to determine the starting positions for moto one and Delullo Racing Husqvarna-backed Ryder LeBlond set the fastest time of 19 minutes and 20 seconds. Taylor Robert was second with a time of 19 minutes and 34 seconds. Haaker rounded out the top three with a 19 minute and 45 second lap. Webb and Pat Smage com- pleted the top five. A derailed a chain held Hart back to ninth-fastest time and a second-row start in moto one. The riders started in rows of five, based on the hot-lap times for the first moto, and LeBlond took the early lead from row one. The top four riders battled in a pack on a relatively easy course, by hard enduro standards. Hart joined the lead group and was able to take the lead. Haaker and Robert battled for second coming to the finish, and Haaker went off the course just before the last section but re-entered and finished second. However, he was docked a position for the off-course excursion. Hart took the race-one win with a time of 26 minutes and three seconds. He was followed by his teammate Robert, just 10 seconds back. Haaker was third and Webb was frustrated to finish the first race in fourth, 20 seconds be- hind the winner. Will Riordan rounded out the top five. Only the top 32 riders moved on to the second race. In the second race, some more difficult sections were added, and the riders had to complete three laps, making it much more challenging. Webb and Hart swapped the lead posi- tion before Webb opened a small lead. Then Webb had an issue with his throttle sticking, which al- lowed Hart to take over the point once again. Webb fixed his bike problem on the trail and man- aged to close back in on Hart in one of the difficult sections and then made a last-second pass to take the race win in a time of one hour, 27 minutes and 9 seconds. Hart was just six seconds back and Haaker finished in third, just 21 seconds behind Webb. Robert finished fourth, nearly two minutes behind the leader, and LeBlond rounded out the race in fifth. Pat Smage (Sherco) was sixth followed by Riordan (KTM) in seventh, Nick Fah- ringer (Sherco) and Max Gerston (GasGas) with last year's winner Quinn Wentzel (Rieju) rounding out the top-10. The combined race scores de- termined the overall results, and Hart stood on top with 2-1 fin- ishes. Webb edged out Haaker (3-3) with a 4-1 for second. Rob- ert was fourth with a 2-4 finishes and LeBlond rounded out the top Trystan Hart took the overall win at the Iowan Hard Enduro. PHOTOS: BRANDON KRAUSE