KENDA AMA NATIONAL ENDURO SERIES
BY SHAN MOORE
PHOTOGRAPHY BY KENNETH KING
R
ound five of the Kenda
AMA National Enduro
Series was bound to
produce a new winner since
Charlie Mullins, winner of
all four rounds held to date,
dislocated his wrist on the
Wednesday before the race
and was forced to sit it out.
Mullins held a 40-point
lead in the series standings
heading into the race, but
with his return to the series
still somewhat unknown, a
bid for a third National Enduro
title won't be in the cards for
the North Carolina rider, leav-
ing the door wide open for
someone else to step up.
Brad Bakken was a logical
choice to grab his first-ever
National win at the Jester
National Enduro, since he
lives a short distance from
the Virginia venue, and after
seven tests and 65-miles of
racing, the N-Fab/AmPro
Yamaha rider delivered on
all the speculation, taking a
15-second win over AirGroup
Racing's Nick Fahringer.
As expected, Bakken got
off to a quick start, winning
the first test by 23 seconds
over Maxxis/Klim/DirtWse
KTM's Jesse Groemm.
Fahringer got off to one of
his signature slow starts, fin-
VOL. 51 ISSUE 22 JUNE 3, 2014 P87
BRAD BAKKEN CAPTURES FIRST NATIONAL
ENDURO WIN AT THE JESTER
BAKKEN TOPS
THE JESTER
