Bolt Victorious In Budapest
A
fter taking a few weeks off
after the start of the season
in early December, the FIM Su-
perEnduro World Championship
made its return to action, this
time at the GP of Hungary in Bu-
dapest. A wild night of unpredict-
able racing and intense battles
kept the electricity in the air at
the packed Papp Laszio Spor-
tarena, but in the end, there were
no surprises as to who emerged
victorious. Husqvarna's Billy
Bolt of Great Britain remains in
control of the championship and
the 24MX red plate after topping
two of the three prestige races in
Budapest for the overall win.
Following his dominant per-
formance in Lodz,
Poland, Bolt knew he
had the target on his
back, especially for
GasGas rider Taddy
Blazusiak, who was
looking for redemp-
tion after missing the overall
podium in front of his home
crowd in Poland at the season
opener. Blazusiak succeeded in
turning his luck around, captur-
ing his first prestige race win of
the season to start the night in
Budapest. Following a red flag
in the first race, the restart saw
Blazusiak with the holeshot. Bolt
gave chase and tried everything
to reign in the 111 of Blazusiak,
but a mistake by the Brit forced
him to settle for second. Beta's
Johnny Walker collected third.
In the second prestige race,
which started with a reverse
grid, it was Will Hoare with the
holeshot, but by the end of the
first lap, American Cody Webb
(Sherco) had taken control of the
race. What looked to be Webb's
win quickly turned into disaster
IN
THE
WIND
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Billy Bolt won two out of the three
prestige races at round two of the
FIM SuperEnduro Championship
in Budapest.
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Former
SuperEnduro
Champion Colton
Haaker was the
top American
finisher in
fourth overall.
