VOL. 50 ISSUE 45 NOVEMBER 12, 2013
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NERGY
the Vet+ 35 main, with Colby Begin picking himself off the deck
several times to beat Stephen
Foord and David Stirm. Harrison
Oswald won Open Amateur with
Canada's Wyatt Hart and Tucker
Larrieu joining him on the podium.
In the TrialCross main, 14-year324
GARY SUTHERLIN
old Ty Cullins took the win over
Shad Petersen with Kyle Larsen
third.
CN
OVERALL
1. Taddy Blazusiak (KTM)
2. Cody Webb (Beta)
3. Colton Haaker (Hon)
4. Mike Brown (KTM)
10TH PLACE
"The track was good," NTS Inc./Zip-Ty Racing/Fly Racing KTM-mounted Gary Sutherlin said after a hard crash in
practice. "They did a great job with having a lot of diverse
obstacles. They had a good rock pile. The log corner - not
my favorite. I think it was kind of stupid in the fact that it just
wasn't very race-able. It was tough. I struggled a little bit
in the main. I had a great heat race - rode really good and
was looking forward to the main, but I messed up my Hot
Lap in the log corner. It was just kind of downhill from there.
Second-row start, worked my way up, had some people
fall on me and stuff. Nobody to blame but myself - I put
myself in a bad position right off the bat."
8
DESTRY ABBOTT
DNQ
A loaded Last Chance Qualifier ended up leaving Monster
Energy Kawasaki's Destry Abbott out of the main. It was by
no means easy, he said, "Not when you have Mike Brown,
5. Justin Soule (Kaw)
6. Taylor Robert (Kaw)
7. Kyle Redmond (KTM)
8. Geoff Aaron (KTM)
9. Kevin Rookstool (KTM)
10. Gary Sutherlin (KTM)
[Cory] Graffunder, [Kevin] Rookstool, [Bryan] Roper - we
were all like, 'I can't believe this is our LCQ!' I actually felt
good all day in practice. I had the 11th-fastest time and
felt decent. But that log corner just killed me all night. I
struggled and it's frustrating. That's EnduroCross racing,
though."
3
CHANTELLE BYKERK
1ST WOMEN
FMF/RPM Racing KTM's Chantelle Bykerk needed only
a couple points to lock up the Women's-class Championship, so earlier in the day, she claimed she'd ride conservatively and do just enough to ensure that. When she fell in
the first turn, though, those plans apparently went out the
window. "I made a couple mistakes and I was just trying not
to panic," she laughed. "I was definitely racing, but I was
trying to be smart and think about what was coming up next
and who's going to be in my way and to think about other
ways to get around."
