GEICO AMA ENDUROCROSS SERIES
VOL. 51 ISSUE 23 JUNE 10, 2014 P91
believe I fell exiting the rocks,"
said a frustrated Haaker.
Beta USA's Max Gerston
passed FMF KTM's Taylor Rob-
ert on the last lap to take fifth.
Brown pulled off after a second
crash re-injured the hand that he
broke at the Las Vegas opening
round. "I fell and it pushed my
clutch lever up and I smacked it
down with my hand like normal
because I forgot about the inju-
ry," said Brown. "I did not want to
hurt it any more so I pulled off.
Terrible start to my season but I
will be back in Sacramento going
for the win in two weeks."
In the Women's class, KTM's
Kacy Martinez took her first ever
X Games gold medal with a wire-
Briefly...
Austin. Colton Haaker is five points
back with 43.
With limited space available due to
the Rally Cars, Off-Road Trucks, En-
duro X and Freestyle riders sharing
the same area, the motorcycle riders
were placed in a shared tent area.
It was a little tight but allowed all of
the riders/teams to mingle and cre-
ate a friendly atmosphere.
FMF KTM's Taylor Robert has had
a bit of a disappointing start to the
season with a fifth-place finish in Las
Vegas followed up by a sixth in Aus-
tin. He expected to be contending
for wins but suffered a serious injury
about a month before Las Vegas and
that has put him behind a little. "I felt
really ready for the season before I
got hurt," Robert said. "I took a han-
dlebar to the gut and tore my lower
intestines, which required surgery
and I lost eight pounds of muscle
while I was in the hospital. I am do-
ing the Last Dog Standing event at
Glen Helen next week followed by
the Sacramento EnduroCross the
week after, but then I look forward to
a little break in racing to get back to
where I was strength wise."
Even for the top riders, making the
main event is a big challenge at
EnduroCross/Enduro X. Canada's
Bobby Prochnau finished fourth in
Las Vegas but missed the main in
Austin. Kevin Rookstool was in a
qualifying position in his heat race
and the LCQ but had problems both
times. Destry Abbott, Gary Suther-
lin, Bryan Roper and Wally Palmer
also missed the cut.
