OFF ROAD
GEICO AMA ENDUROCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 4/AUGUST 23, 2014
GWINNETT CENTER ARENA/DELUTH, GEORGIA
P94
letti made it through qualifying,
but after finishing his heat race,
he decided he'd had enough for
the night and didn't return for the
Semi.
Abbott Family Values
Destry Abbott loves watching his
son, Cooper, continue to improve
at EnduroCross. The two enjoyed
racing side-by-side in Atlanta. Of
course, it's all fun and games un-
til someone beats dear ol' dad
in the hot laps, but in the end,
Cooper played the good son and
yielded his position in the LCQ so
Destry could make a final bid for
the main event.
"It was a good night," Destry
said. "Cooper actually beat me
in the hot laps! I had a horrible
hot lap so first thing he does is,
'I beat you in the hot laps!' which
was cool. I was happy. It was
sweet in one sense, but I rode
like crap and went down a couple
times. Then in my first heat race
my forks came apart so I had to
pull off.
We only had one bike so I had
to take the forks off his bike to put
on my race bike. We ended up in
the same LCQ, but he was nice
enough to say, 'Dad, you can go
ride the LCQ.' He took one for
the team so that was pretty awe-
some for him to let me borrow his
forks.
Destry made it count by getting
into the main event, and fighting
the unforgiving track for 15 rough
laps.
"It was just so difficult," Destry
said. "It was a really, really tech-
nical track tonight. I just pretty
much thought, 'I'm not going to
give up.' I stayed out there, wasn't
feeling it, had a lot of crashes,
but I wasn't going to pull off. That
was my night, but in one sense,
making the main with this group
of riders was great, and there
was an awesome crowd tonight!"
Cooper recalled his evening,
which included his first-ever po-
dium in the Amateur main event.
"I actually pulled the holeshot
which I was pumped about! I led
for the first corner, and actually
went down in the Matrix. Two or
three guys got by me and I just
tried to ride consistent. I made a
couple bobbles but still stayed up
and finished second so I'm hap-
py with that. I never give up. Re-
ally, I didn't know [where I was].
I looked up at the score board
second-to-last lap and was like,
'Oh, I'm in second!' But you really
just had to ride smooth and have
a smart race. It got really slick. I
was really happy to finish second
and get my first podium at Endu-
roCross." CN
PRO MAIN EVENT RESULTS:
1. Taddy Blazusiak (KTM)
2. Cody Webb (Beta)
3. Colton Haaker (Hon)
4. Taylor Robert (KTM)
5. Geoff Aaron (KTM)
6. Kyle Redmond (KTM)
7. Max Gerston (Beta)
8. Ty Tremaine (KTM)
9. Wally Palmer (Chr)
10. Bobby Prochnau (KTM)
Motocrosser Phil
Nicoletti gave his first
EnduroCross a try.
