Factory Beta's Max Gerston and
Walker into the first lap. Haaker
once again pulled a slight gap on
the field. However, Hart was de-
termined not to let the Husqvarna
rider sweep
the night and slowly
reeled in Haaker until he was
right on Haaker's rear wheel.
On the final lap, Hart block-
passed Haaker in the turn before
the rock garden to take the lead,
but almost immediately got hung
up in the rocks, allowing Haaker
to retake the lead. Haaker
crossed the finish line just two-
tenths of a second ahead of Hart
as the two riders collided in the
air, causing Hart to hit the dirt.
Haaker claimed the overall win
for the night with three points,
followed by Hart with eight
points. Abbott was third overall
Rieju's Dominik Olszowy took
advantage of a front-row start
to lead the field into the opening
lap for the second moto. Of the
top riders, Abbott was fourth,
Haaker seventh, Walker ninth
and Hart 10th.
Haaker meticulously worked his
way to the rear wheel of Olszowy
by the race's midway point and
waited patiently before overtaking
the Polish rider in the rock section
a few laps later to take the lead,
which he held to the finish.
Haaker took another comfort
-
able win at the checkers, fol-
lowed by Olszowy, Abbott, Hart
and
Walker.
In the third and deciding moto,
Haaker beat out Hart for the
holeshot, as the two rivals were
followed by LeBlond, Abbott,
leading Hart by nearly seven sec
-
onds heading into lap five.
Earlier,
on lap two, LeBlond
had a mishap in the rocks and
dropped off the pace, allowing
GasGas Factory Racing's Will
Riordan, Walker and FactoryOne
Sherco's Cooper Abbott past him
and into the top five.
Walker also bobbled in the
rocks but eventually passed Rior
-
dan for third, while Haaker took
the win
by 10 seconds ahead of
Hart. Riordan and Abbott round-
ed out the top five with LeBlond
rebounding
for sixth.
To establish gate picks for the
second moto, the 16 riders' fin-
ish positions from race one are
inverted,
meaning the top eight
riders from race one start on the
second row.
ROUNDS 3-4 / OCTOBER 25-26, 2024
MOUNTAIN AMERICA CENTER / IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO
OFF ROAD I AMA SLAVENS RACING/ENDUROCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP, PRESENTED BY PROGRESSIVE
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Colton Haaker (10) got
back to his winning
ways, topping the field
Friday night.
