Hart Wins Denver EnduroCross
T
he 2022 Geico AMA En-
duroCross Championship
Series visited Denver, Colorado,
for round three of the series on
Saturday, October 1. Trystan
Hart took the overall win after the
three feature races. The Red Bull
KTM rider had 2-3-1 moto results.
GasGas Factory Racing's Taddy
Blazusiak finished second overall
with 4-1-2 moto finishes and
rounding out the overall podium
was FactoryOne Sherco rider
Cody Webb with 3-2-5 results.
Hart kicked off his winning day
by setting the fastest hot-lap time
to set the starting order for the
first of three motos with a time
of 58.721. Rockstar Husqvarna's
Colton Haaker was second with
a 58.824. FactoryOne Sherco
rider Cooper Abbott (58.925),
Beta rider Jonny Walker (59.404)
and three-time EnduroCross
Champion Webb (1:01.651)
rounded out the top five.
Five-time EnduroCross Cham-
pion Haaker took the Moose
Holeshot and an early lead
in moto one, ahead of South
Africa's Blake Gutzeit, Webb and
Walker. Haaker held on to the
lead to take his first moto win of
the season. Hart was closing the
gap lap after lap after starting
the race in seventh place. He
ultimately finished second behind
Haaker and in front of Webb.
The second moto inverts the 16
riders' finish positions from race
one for gate picks, so the top
eight riders start on the second
row. Spenser Wilton took advan-
tage of the front-row start and
shot out to an early lead. Nick
Thompson (KTM) and Blazusiak
were right behind him in second
and third. Blazusiak made quick
work of things and took over the
lead by the end of the first lap.
Webb also swiftly moved into sec-
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FMF KTM's Trystan
Hart took his first
overall win of the
season in Denver and
moved into second
in the championship,
just four points
behind Blazusiak.
PHOTOS: JACK JAXSON
