VOL. 50 ISSUE 41 OCTOBER 15, 2013
(Left) Kailub Russell finds himself
going into another winner-take-all finalround showdown.
(Below) Andrew Delong captured
another XC2-class win.
the race for the 2013 title come
down to a winner-take-all finalround showdown in two weeks at
Crawfordsville, Indiana.
"It feels like I've sort of been on
a dry spell, so it feels good to get
a win," Mullins said. "It's all about
the championship from here and
the math is pretty easy, I just have
to beat Kailub at the last round. It's
going to be a high-pressure situation but I'm up for it."
"I'm pretty bummed but we still
got a shot at it [the championship],"
P91
Russell said. "It's winner take all,
just like last year, and I know the
agony of defeat and how bad I felt
last year, so I'm going to do everything in my power to take the
championship home."
Whibley put forth an impressive
ride in his first race back from injury to claim third overall, finishing
just seven seconds behind Russell.
"I was pretty excited to be back
after three months away and some
surgery, so to be back mixing it up
with Charlie and Kailub right away, I
felt pretty good," Whibley said.
KTM rider Rory Mead was able
to recover from a fall in a mud hole
earlier in the race to claim seventh