Robert Tops Timber Mountain
Hare Scrambles
R
ound two of the AMA West
Hare Scrambles (WHS)
Regional Championship Series,
Presented by MojoMotoSport,
couldn't have been much more
different than round one. Where
the series opener was more
twisty yet fast desert-style ter-
rain, the Timber Mountain Hare
Scramble, hosted by the Motor-
cycle Riders Association at the
Lilly Prairie Off-Highway Vehicle
(OHV) Area, was definitely a
woods race with rain in the days
before round two transforming
the courses into a nearly per-
fect playground for all classes.
In the end, though, FMF KTM
Factory Off-Road Racing Team's
Taylor Robert proved he's as fast
through the trees as he is in the
desert as he claimed his sec-
ond win in a row by nearly three
minutes over 3 Bros./Kilmartin
Racing GasGas rider Giacomo
Redondi and LiquiMoly Beta's
Zane Roberts.
Defending series champion
Carson City Motorsports KTM
rider Austin Serpa claimed the
holeshot as the main race got
underway. However, he wasn't
able to hold the position, admit-
ting to being too conservative
on the opening lap since other
commitments prevented him from
examining the 15-mile course on
Saturday.
That allowed Robert to quickly
power past on his Red Bull/Dun-
lop/Thor-backed 450 XC-F, tak-
ing full advantage of the woods
training in Prescott, Arizona,
he and Mason Ottersberg did
on Thursday before heading to
Oregon.
"We went up there and diced
around in the trees a little bit. It
was good practice for today,"
Robert declared. "Today was
honestly one of the best race-
IN
THE
WIND
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Taylor Robert proved
he's no one-trick desert
pony by dominating
the woodsy Timber
Mountain Hare Scramble
over Giacomo Redondi
and Zane Roberts.
PHOTOS: MARK KARIYA
