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over a minute ahead of Robert
and a minute and a half ahead
of Webb.
On the third lap, Webb
managed to work his way past
Robert for second place, but
Hart was starting to get away.
The Canadian, Hart, put in what
would prove to be his fastest lap
of the race and opened his lead
to three minutes and 42 sec-
onds over Webb, while Robert
was another minute back.
For the final three laps, Hart
continued to put in consistent
laps in the 41-minute range,
while Webb, Robert and the
rest of the field slowed their
pace in the hot conditions. Hart
finished six total laps in four
hours and six minutes. Webb
finished nearly 13 minutes back
on a course that did not suit
his desire for more technical
terrain. Robert rounded out
the podium, 17 minutes behind
Hart.
Haaker rode the entire race
in fourth place and completed
six laps nearly 25 minutes back
from Hart. LeBlond was the last
rider to complete six laps and
earned fifth place.
Sixth place was Cory Graf-
funder (Husqvarna).
RPM KTM rider Cooper Ab-
bott finished seventh.
Keith Curtis, the multi-time
snowmobile hillclimb champion
and part-time extreme off-road
racer, finished eight on his Fac-
toryOne Sherco.
GasGas rider Max Gerson
finished ninth and Husqvarna-
mounted Daniel Lewis rounded
out the top 10.
"This weekend's track wasn't
particularly the hardest, but it
was relentless for four hours,"
said Hart. "The 90-degree tem-
peratures, combined with the ex-
cessive dust, also made it a long,
(Below) Cody Webb said that
the race was like a four-hour
sprint. (Bottom) Taylor Robert
led part of the first lap but
couldn't quite match the pace
of Hart or Webb. He finished
third.
PHOTO: BRANDON KRAUSE
