lond. Hart and LeBlond battled
neck and neck during the first
lap of the main, starting the
second lap ten seconds apart.
On the second lap, the most dif-
ficult sections were opened up,
and that is where the two lead-
ers were beginning to separate.
Hart kept his momentum through
these new sections, and even
after a couple scary crashes,
he pulled ahead of the field to
finish at 3 hours and 21 minutes.
The heat got to LeBlond and he
struggled to maintain his pres-
sure on Hart, but still pushed
through for a strong second-
place finish. Behind him, 13x
National Trials Champion Pat
Smage of FactoryONE Sherco
was gaining ground, keeping a
good pace through the harder
sections thanks to his techni-
cal skills in the rocks. Smage
finished 19 minutes behind
LeBlond. Another FactoryONE
Sherco rider, Keith Curtis, was
the only other athlete to finish
both laps in the time limit, com-
ing into the finish 21 minutes be-
hind his teammate. To round out
the top five, David Knight rode
strong all race and made it the
furthest among those who didn't
reach the finish line.
In the Pro Women's class,
Tough Like RORR was the first
2022 USHE to host former off-
road Champions Shelby Turner,
Morgan Tanke and Louise Fors-
ley. Shelby Turner showed her
speed in the rocks, winning the
qualifier on Saturday and the Pro
Women's final on Sunday morn-
ing with a five-minute lead. Facto-
ryONE Sherco's Louise Forsley
has been out with a wrist injury
for two months, but came back
strong for a solid second-place
finish on Sunday. The 2022 AMA
West Extreme Off-Road Champi-
on and Beta USA athlete Morgan
Tanke finished third on the day,
maintaining her points lead for
the overall USHE Championship.
The final round of the USHE
is the Locked & Loaded Shot-
gun Enduro on July 16-17, taking
place at a 4000-acre property in
Sugarloaf, Pennsylvania.
Matt Musgrove
OVERALL
1. Trystan Hart (KTM)
2. Ryder LeBlond (Hus)
3. Pat Smage (She)
4. Keith Curtis (She)
5. David Knight (KTM)
6. Nick Fahringer (She)
7. Quinn Wentzel (Rej)
8. Logan Bolopue (She)
9. James Flynn (GG)
10. Tim Apollo (Bet)
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Ryder LeBlond
kept the pressure
on Hart for much of
the race. He went
on to finish second.
MotoTrials Champion
Pat Smage got on the
podium in third.
