posed even greater difficulty on
a course rated at "Pro/A-class"
level. The scorching sun and
90-degree heat made it even
more challenging. Hart finished
first, earning the first gate pick
for the main race on Sunday.
Before race four on Sunday,
the Rockstars MC hosted a kids'
hard enduro race, with ages 6-11
trying their hand at the sport on
a course with smaller sandstone
obstacles. The future of this
sport is bright, as these young
kids showed a lot of passion
while going through the tough
sections on their minibikes!
Race four of the Grinding
Stone Hard Enduro is one of the
most prestigious races of the
year, with the top Pros racing
around an extremely technical
short course in front of a lot of
spectators. The mass started
on a mesa, then went into a
steep hillclimb on the side of the
mesa, into a desert section, and
then jumped onto Mesa Three.
Trystan Hart grabbed the hole-
shot but made an error on one of
the first obstacles, letting Mario
Roman take the lead going into
Stairway to Heaven. The field
started to spread out after a
few sections, with 2025 winner
Ryder LeBlond taking the lead
from Trystan Hart on lap two,
after Hart derailed his chain. The
steep ups and downs on Mesa
Three make it a high-conse-
quence race, where one mistake
can make or break a race. Hart
and LeBlond battled for several
laps, averaging 17-minute laps
around the three-mile course,
with Roman close on their heels.
Webb and IRC Beta's James
Flynn were about 10 minutes be-
hind, but were battling back and
forth throughout the race.
The moment of the race was
when Hart derailed his chain for
a second time on Stairway to
Heaven, with LeBlond waiting
below to make a pass for the
lead. While Hart was fixing his
chain, LeBlond had two chances
to make it over the hill clean
for the lead, which would have
set him up for another win, but
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KTM-mounted Mario Roman was second.
