Thaxton Secures Inaugural Ohio
Hard Enduro Title
R
ound seven of the Ohio Hard
Enduro Championship Series,
presented by Lancaster Sport-
cycles, brought the inaugural
season to a close at Wild Hively
on October 3, with near-perfect
conditions setting the stage for
a final three-hour showdown.
Friday's light rain left the
roughly 10-mile course with
what riders described as "hero
dirt," and race-day sunshine
pushed temperatures into the
low 70s. Longtime course
builder Jeff Husted kept Wild
Hively's familiar landmarks—in-
cluding Brent's Diner, the Ap-
petizer, Upper and Lower Hively
and Bobcat Cave—while adding
two new caves and additional
Pro/A sections.
Maverik Thaxton and Mark
Fortner set themselves a unique
challenge by starting from the fi-
nal row. Thaxton worked through
traffic, passed Leiber Ponce for
the lead, and then spent the sec-
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