FINAL ROUND/NOVEMBER 23, 2013
THE ORLEANS ARENA/LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
OFF ROAD
P46
GEICO AMA ENDUROCROSS SERIES, FUELED BY MONSTER EN
den in my life," Taddy said. "But
it was all about me and Brownie.
After we hit for like the 25th time
by the second lap, it went from
race mode to crazy mode. It was
all about trying to stay ahead of
the other guy. I was always looking behind me to check where
he was – I'm pretty sure the pressure got to both of us. When you
play it safe, that's what happens."
The race for second was also
intense. Webb, who had started
off way in the back having got
bogged in the first-lap mayhem,
caught up to the lead group of
Aaron, Redmond and Graffunder.
About the halfway, mark, he got
by Graffunder then passed Aaron
and Redmond in one swoop, and
then he held the point from then
on. He left Aaron, Redmond and
Graffunder to decide second
among themselves.
"Honestly, that race made no
sense, but it was the perfect finish for the year," Webb joked.
"We were battling for the lead
and I could hear the crowd going
nuts behind us. The next thing
you know, I had snuck up on
Geoff and Kyle and was all over
(Above) Harrison Oswald (649) won
the Open Amateur Championship.
(Right) Jack Field leads the
way en route to the TrialsCross
Championship.
them and we had our own battle
going. I had an insane pass. We
were in the water hole and Geoff
was one of the few guys not jumping it. It was risky but definitely
saved time. We came into it three
wide, I knew Geoff wasn't going
to jump it and I think Kyle knew it
too. I went all the way left on the
inside – it was a risky line that no
one was using it all day; there's a
