IN
THE
WIND
WALKER
ACES RED
BULL SEA
TO SKY
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JONTY EDMUNDS
P28
K
TM Enduro Factory Team
rider Jonny Walker took top
honors at the three-day 2013
Red Bull Sea to Sky in Kemer,
Turkey, September 27-29.
In the race's opening event –
the Beach Race – Walker blasted
his way to a commanding victory
on the Kemer shoreline. Starting
the race inside the top five, he
sliced his way to the head of the
field by the end of lap one and
pulled away for the win.
Day two was the Forest Race.
The finishing order would determine the starting position for
the weekend's main event – the
Mountain Race. As the first rider to be flagged away, Walker
pushed hard to open up a lead.
On the fast, flowing, and technical course, he topped the classification and moved one step
closer to winning the all-important Mountain Race.
Riders who lined up on the
beach for the Mountain Race
faced a 30-mile race to the finish line, located on the 7800-foot
summit of the towering Olympus
Mountain. Walker grabbed the
holeshot and began his charge
for victory. At the halfway stage,
he had increased his advantage
over Graham Jarvis to almost
three minutes. Despite losing
time on the tricky Dark Canyon
climb, he held onto the lead as
the duo began the long climb to
the summit. Walker increased his
pace and edged away from Jarvis, Walker held on to take the
overall win.
Jonny Walker negotiates the challenging terrain during the Red Bull
Sea To Sky off-road race in Turkey.
"I'm so happy to have won,"
Walker said. "Honestly, I have no
words to describe how I'm feeling. I wanted this win so much. Up
until now I've had a disappointing
season and I was determined to
turn it around here in Turkey. This
win means a lot and hopefully it's
the start of more to come."
Jarvis, on the Husaberg, finished second overall, followed
by fellow Husaberg rider Alfredo
Gomez, Husqvarna's Andreas
Lettenbichler and KTM rider
Philipp Scholz.
HUSQVARNA UNVEILS FACTORY
RACING EDITION TC300
H
usqvarna showed off the
very first new-generation
Husky to be built – a Factory
Racing edition TC300 twostroke – at the Motocross of Na-
tions, Teutschenthal, Germany,
on September 28.
The new TC300 will compete
next year in the newly formed European Motocross 300cc Two-
Stroke Championship.
The bike on show at Teutschenthal was the brand new TC250
two-stroke, upgraded to 300cc
with accessories soon to be
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