Wentzel Wins, Rieju Sweeps
Buffalo Riders Hard Enduro
Q
uinn Wentzel led a Rieju
sweep at the Buffalo Rid-
ers' AMA U.S. Hard Enduro Fall
Series final in Kingston, Arkansas,
December 3.
After passing fellow Rieju rider
Hayden Mosa for the lead after
the first check, Wentzel never
looked back and took the check
-
ers 26 minutes ahead of Mosa.
They were the only two riders to
finish on the lead lap after the
four-hour-plus multi-lap race.
Mason George made it an
all-Rieju podium by finishing
third. GasGas rider Josh Staley
was fourth and Husqvarna rider
Jeremie Lanthier fifth.
Wentzel, Mosa and George
also went 1-2-3 in the five-race
championship.
"Today was good," Wentzel
said. "I got off to an okay start,
probably about fourth or so.
Today was a go-slow-to-go-fast,
slow-and-steady-wins-the-race,
type of day out there. I went slow
and steady and picked my way
to first pretty quick. I was just
trying to stay calm out there and
not push too hard. It was tough,
tons of slick rocks, and if you're
pushing too hard, mistakes will
jump up at you quickly. I kept
the mistakes to a minimum and
put in a solid four hours. I came
home with a pretty solid win, so
I was stoked on that. I ended up
getting the championship, too, so
that was good. I got three wins
and one second out of the last
four races, and that was enough
to snag the championship by a
couple points."
"I had some clutch problems
on lap two," Mosa said. "The
clutch kept completely going out,
then it would just come back.
So, that had me frustrated. I just
want to say sorry to anyone that
I may or may not have agitated
when I was up here in the pits
causing a scene. Other than that,
it was a good day."
"I didn't have the best luck to
-
day," George said. "I was kind of
on the struggle bus today; didn't
get much sleep yesterday. I felt
like I rode decent. I feel like I did
good [in the overall Fall Series].
I'm hoping next year I can be a
lot better."
CN
OVERALL
1. Quinn Wentzel (Rie)
2. Hayden Mosa (Rie)
3. Mason George (Rie)
4. Josh Staley (GG)
5. Jeremie Lanthier (Hus)
WIND
IN THE
P46
Quinn Wentzel, Hayden
Mosa and Mason
George made it a Rieju
sweep at the Buffalo
Riders Fall Series final
round in Arkansas.
