FINAL ROUND/NOVEMBER 23, 2013
THE ORLEANS ARENA/LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
OFF ROAD
P40
GEICO AMA ENDUROCROSS SERIES, FUELED BY MONSTER EN
before he's battled up front, but
he's never been able to put it all
together for a complete race - until now. Could this be that breakthrough ride for Redmond? We'll
see next year.
Two-time EnduroCross winner
Colton Haaker, on the Rockstar
Energy/Lucas Oil/JCR Honda,
ended up fourth on the night
and fourth on the year. Haaker
came from behind and was working his way to the front when the
checkered flag waved. He too is
another rider that many consider
will be a title contender next year
after putting in another solid ride.
As for Blazusiak and Brown,
the night's battle plan was simple
- to finish ahead of the other guy.
It didn't matter where they finished, as long as it was in front
of the other. At first, it looked as
though that person would be Blazusiak who got off to a fast start in
the 12-lap title-deciding final. He
jumped into the lead but not without a fight from Brown, who lined
up next to him. The two riders
started banging bars right away.
In fact, at one point, Brown put
his wheel in front of Taddy's but
couldn't finish him off.
In the tractor-tire turn, Brown
was forced wide and ran off the
track, dropping him deep in the
field. At that point, it looked as
though the race for the title was
pretty much over. But, this is EnduroCross.
(Above) Brown (3) leads Taddy into
the woodpile section that gave both
riders fits.
(Right) Both Cory Graffunder (118)
and Kyle Redmond (7) finished out
the night on the podium. It was
Redmond's first time on the box.
On the very next lap, Blazusiak, who was leading Geoff
Aaron and the rest of field, ran
into problems of his own. He
dropped his bike over a large log
that led into a tricky log-pile (aka
firewood and firepit) turn, an everchanging section of the track that
had been giving the riders fits all
night long. Taddy quickly got up
then tipped his KTM over again
right in the main, inside line, and
