VOL. 51 ISSUE 42 OCTOBER 21, 2014 P81
Briefly...
vorite but a hero with the crowd after
a dazzling ride in the LCQ. Rookstool
got caught up with Ricky Dietrich in
the first turn, and the two were stuck
together with Dietrich's footpeg hung
up on Rookstool's rear wheel. It took
both riders and a track worker to dis-
lodge the footpeg and allow them to
get on their way. Proving that any-
thing can and does happen in Endu-
roCross, and that you should never,
ever give up, Rookstool pushed his
way forward and soon found himself
in a qualifying position. If that wasn't
remarkable enough, Rookstool got
around Nick Thompson for the lead
on the last lap, earning himself the
win and a ticket to the main event.
It was a tough night for Wally Palm-
er, who came into Everett with a
broken foot. Palmer injured his foot
at the Salt Lake City round the week-
end prior when he cased the finish
line jump to avoid hitting another rid-
er. The Christini rider still elected to
ride in Washington, where he quali-
fied for the main event but did not
finish.
The support classes had plenty of
speed and intensity in Everett. In
the Amateur class, Austin Schier-
meister topped the field ahead of
Dalton Dietz and Wyatt Hart. Dietz
collapsed after taking the checkers,
suffering an apparent leg injury. The
Vet class saw Josh Adams take
the big win ahead of Billy Baldwin
and Josh Buell. In the Trialcross
class, Emanuel Anguis got a break-
through win, leading the way from
start to finish ahead of Joel Tons-
gard and Ronald Ringuette.
nearly three seconds faster than
Robert. But it all came down to
minimizing the mistakes in Ever-
ett.
"Usually that's the key to Endu-
roCross, but we've gotten to that
level where everybody is so good
that not many people are making
mistakes," Robert said. "But then
you throw a track like this in there
and people are kind of all over
the board."
From the start it looked as
though it was going to be another
