round, and it's only an hour and a
half from home, so I'm excited to
throw it down there."
GasGas rider Will Riordan
went 6-4-4 to claim fourth over-
all, one point ahead of Factory
Beta's Max Gerston's 5-5-5.
Haaker, who rode well but
found himself on the ground a
lot, went 3-6-8 for sixth overall,
ahead of seventh-placed Ol-
szowy's 2-10-7.
Former champion FactoryOne
Sherco's Cody Webb, who was
just released to ride again after
recovering from a wrist injury,
was missing from the race. The
former EnduroCross Champion
chose to skip the opener and
will wait until he feels ready to
compete again.
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with his seventh in race one but
redeemed himself in the final
two races.
"It was a wild night, but to
come away with second, for us
and for Triumph, I'm happy with
that," said Walker. "We can only
go up from now."
Abbott put himself in the mix
for the title going into his home
race next week in Prescott,
Arizona.
"For the first round, the goal
coming in was to get a decent
start to the season and to not put
ourselves too far behind," said
Abbott. "Honestly, I wasn't happy
with that last race. It was just way
too chaotic for me, and my riding
wasn't the best, so I've got to fix
that. I'm excited for the second
"To come in here and take the
overall is pretty nice," said Hart.
"I've never won the opener and
that's special. I've had some
pretty crappy openers, so to
start on top is pretty sweet. I
almost threw it away in the first
race, and I went into protection
mode. I had such a big lead, and
Dominik was riding aggressively
behind me, so I just got super
tight and didn't ride well. In the
last race, I got second, but man,
I was on the edge of crashing
everywhere, and I had that big
one on lap one in the rocks. It
was looking all good, and then it
wasn't looking good, and then it
was looking good, and we got it
done, which feels pretty good."
Walker was disappointed
ROUND 1 / OCTOBER 12, 2024
BROADMOOR WORLD ARENA / COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
OFF-ROAD I SLAVENS RACING AMA ENDUROCROSS SERIES, PRESENTED BY PROGRESSIVE
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Sherco's Cooper
Abbott got off to
a strong start to
the championship,
getting on the box
in third overall with
4-3-6 results.