Hart Wins Donner Hard Enduro
T
rystan Hart won the 2021
Donner Hard Enduro held at
the Donner Ski Ranch in Nor-
den, California, July 11. The event
was the fifth and final round of
the AMA West Extreme Champi-
onship. The FMF KTM rider led
most of the four-hour long race
in hot and dusty conditions.
Cody Webb raced his Facto-
ryOne Sherco to second place
after passing early leader Taylor
Robert on the third of six laps.
Robert held on to the final po-
dium position on his FMF KTM.
Despite the second-place
finish in the race, Webb won
the AMA West Extreme Cham-
pionship over Hart. There are
still two rounds remaining in the
AMA East Extreme Champion-
ship, and the best nine out of 10
events count towards the overall
championship, in which Hart
holds a four-point advantage.
The Donner weekend kicked
off with a Saturday qualifying
race to set the Sunday starting
positions, which would be im-
portant due to the hot and dusty
conditions and five-rider-per-row
starting procedure. Hart topped
Robert, Webb, Colton Haaker
and Ryder LeBlond in the qualify-
ing race.
For the main event, Robert led
Hart and Webb through the first
two check points, but Hart took
over before the riders finished
the first lap in 40 minutes and
12 seconds. Robert was just 13
seconds behind at the comple-
tion of lap one, and Webb was
50 seconds behind the leader.
Rockstar Husqvarna's Haaker
was fourth but over four minutes
back, making this a three-rider
race early on.
LeBlond was fifth at the end of
the first lap.
Hart completed lap two just
IN
THE
WIND
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FMF KTM's Trystan Hart
rode fast and steady for
over four hours to take
the Donner Hard Enduro
win.
PHOTOS: BRANDON KRAUSE
