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and difficult.
However, when the going gets tough
is when Webb gets going. The former
U.S. National MotoTrials Champion
seems to be able to find traction where
others can't and he has a knack for
floating across the tops of the slippery
rocks when others are flailing in the cre-
vasses in between.
Webb gave a hint of how the day
would go when he finished the three-
mile Hot Lap 17 seconds faster than
Taylor Robert, which is kind of mind
blowing when you think about it. Kyle
Redmond turned the third-fastest time,
followed by RPM KTM's Bobby Proch-
nau and fellow Canadian Cory Graf-
funder.
The Hot Lap times are used to de-
termine the starting order for the first
Knockout round, which is held on a
14-mile loop that would narrow the field
down with only the fastest 25 riders
moving on. Webb gave them more of
the same in the first Knockout round,
finishing with fastest time ahead of
FMF/KTM teammates Robert, Kailub
Russell and Grant Baylor.
The skies opened up before the sec-
ond Knockout round, which is divided
into groups according to how they fin-
ished in the first Knockout round, and
it would take most of the riders nearly
two hours to complete, with only 17 of
the 25 riders making it to the finish line.
Webb, Robert, Beta USA's Max Ger-
ston, KR4's Nick Davis and Baylor were
the winners in each of their groups.
With the course in worse condition
from the riders dragging mud onto the
Taylor Robert was Webb's
nearest rival but even Robert
couldn't keep Webb in sight.
