Haaker Takes Amarillo EnduroCross Win
T
he Amarillo National Center, in
Amarillo, Texas, hosted round
two of the 2021 GEICO AMA
EnduroCross series and Colton
Haaker came away with the overall
win, his second in a row. The
Rockstar Husqvarna rider had 1-2-
1 scores in the three motos.
RPM KTM-backed Cooper
Abbott finished second with 3-1-3
moto finishes, and FMF KTM's
Trystan Hart rounded out the over-
all podium with 2-5-2 moto finishes.
For the first time, the top 14 pro
riders ran their hot-laps during the
opening of the evening program
rather than during the afternoon.
The hot-lap results set the gate
picks for the first of the three
motos, and Haaker set the fastest
time of 46.299. Hart was second
with a 47.939 lap. SRT Off-Road-
backed Cory Graffunder finished
third with a 50.168 time to round
out the top three. Pennsylvania's
Ryder LeBlond finished fourth
with a 50.562 and Max Gerston
completed the top five on his
GasGas with a 51.192 lap.
Noah Kepple took the first
Moose Racing Holeshot of the night
in moto one with Hart, Nick Thomp-
son, Gerston and Haaker in tow.
Hart took over the lead and
Haaker worked his way into sec-
ond quickly with Gerston hanging
close in third.
Haaker managed to pass Hart
about halfway through the moto
and opened up a gap.
Hart hung on for second and
Gerston crashed near the end of
the race to allow Abbott and TM
rider Ty Cullins through for third
and fourth, respectively.
Gerston recovered for fifth in
the moto.
The second moto inverts the
top 16 riders' finish positions
from race one for gate picks, so
the top eight riders start on row
IN
THE
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Colton Haaker is perfect
so far in the two-race-old
2021 AMA EnduroCross
Championship. Haaker's
recent win came in
Amarillo, Texas.
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