AUGUST 1-4, 2013
STAPLES CENTER/LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
MOTO X
P74
X GAMES LA
Mike Schultz (5) topped
the Adaptive final.
Hill is wily and at one point got
some breathing room when he
fouled Brayton up in a turn long
enough to cause Brayton to lose
a spot to Chris Blose. Brayton
recovered, though, fought his
way by Blose, and then bided his
time on Hill. On the 20th and final lap, Brayton went for it at the
end of the rhythm section and
snatched the lead away from Hill
while simultaneously fouling Hill
up enough that he had to worry
about Blose and a fast-approaching Reed rather than try and make
a run back for the lead spot.
"I led 32 laps tonight and just
came up short, man," Hill said.
"I couldn't break away. Unfortunately, this track was so tight that
I couldn't ride the lines I wanted
to ride when somebody was right
there. I tried to break away, but
I couldn't shake [Justin] Brayton,
so I rode defensive the whole
time. I mean, at one point, I was
riding so defensive that everyone
else caught up to us, so it was
almost just like an old-school
thrasher battle. It was good stuff."
Some people tend to forget
that Justin Brayton made his
name in the pros as an Arenacross star. Hill hung on for second and Blose played it smart
with the veteran Reed in the fi-
