VOLUME 58 ISSUE 44 NOVEMBER 2, 2021 P55
CODY WEBB COMES BACK STRONG,
BUT COLTON HAAKER MATCHES TADDY
BLAZUSIAK WITH FIFTH ENDUROCROSS
TITLE AT DENVER DOUBLEHEADER
Colton Haaker won
three of the first four
races to build up a large
points lead so a second-
place finish during
Friday's round five was
enough to clinch the
championship.
JUNIOR PRO CHAMPION
Will Riordan finished the season
sixth overall and earned the Junior
Pro Championship, which is a cham-
pionship within a championship for
pro riders 21 and under. Ryder LeB-
lond gave him a close run for the title
but fell short. These two along with
a couple of other exciting riders will
still be eligible in 2022. Past Junior
champions include Taylor Robert,
Colton Haaker, Max Gerston and Ty
Cullins.
TURNER TURNS FIVE
Shelby Turner (KTM) won the
Women's Pro class on both Friday
and Saturday making it five wins in
six races, also earning the Canadian
her fifth Women's Championship.
Louise Forsley was her closest com-
petition, stealing a win from Turner
at round three in Reno. The Sherco
rider, Forsley, finished second on
both nights in Denver and second
in the championship. Beta's Mor-
gan Tanke-Colon finished third both
nights and in the championship.
LAST-LAP CARNAGE
The Intermediate class came down
to a last-race, last-lap, last-turn col-
lision for the race win and season
championship. Coleman Johnson
(Sherco) came into the race with a
three-point lead over Nathan Rector
(KTM). The two riders fought to the
front of the pack, and Rector made
an aggressive pass attempt on
Johnson in the final turn that resulted
in both riders going down. TM rider
Agustin Pascal passed both riders
to take the win, and Rector got up to
take second and the championship.
Travis Griffiths (KTM) finished third in
the race and Johnson recovered for
fourth.
Briefly...
MAKES IT FIVE
ond moto to make a block pass for the lead, but he could
not shake a hard-charging Ryder LeBlond, another teenager
improving his EnduroCross game, who nearly made a last-lap
pass on the champion.
Webb finished third.
In the final moto, Webb made a late-race pass on Haaker,
who crashed in the Matrix, to take the moto and overall win.
