Hart Wraps Up AMA Extreme
Overall Championship
F
MF KTM Factory Racing's
Trystan Hart sealed up the
2021 Kenda AMA Extreme Off-
Road Overall Championship after
capturing the win at the season
finale in Taylorsville, North Caro-
lina, August 7-8.
The Battle of the Goats marked
the final round of the East
version of the Championship
and the overall Championship,
which combines both the West
and East rounds. FactoryONE
Sherco's Cody Webb had already
clinched the West title.
Saturday kicked off the racing
with a prologue that determined
the starting position for Sunday's
final. Hart, riding his KTM 300
XC-W TPI, earned the pole posi-
tion in dry and dusty conditions
for Sunday's race. Ryder LeBlond
was second, followed by Webb,
Jordan Ashburn and Will Riordan.
Overnight rain added a new
element to Sunday's race in the
morning, but the sun dried things
out as the day progressed.
Hart saved his best for last.
The KTM rider dominated Sun-
day's racing after jumping out to
an early lead and then steadily
pulled away from the pack in
each of the two 18-mile loops. By
the end of the three-hour race,
Hart had built up a comfortable
18-minute lead to claim both the
East and Overall Extreme Off-
Road Championships.
"I had a great weekend at Battle
of the Goats," Hart said. "Rain
made the track a bit slippery on
Sunday, but after I got the hole-
shot, I just put my head down and
focused on cleaning the hill climbs,
IN
THE
WIND
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Winner Trystan
Hart (center),
runner-up Cody
Webb (left) and
Ryder LeBlond
(right) made up the
Battle of the Goats
podium. Photos:
Brandon Krause
