VOL. 51 ISSUE 46 NOVEMBER 18, 2014 P73
in Everett, Washington, Robert
led every lap of his heat over
Kyle Redmond and Beta/Stillwell
Performance's Max Gerston, re-
spectively.
The final EX Pro heat race of
the night went to Colton Haaker.
After a holeshot snared by Chris-
tini AWD's Wally Palmer, Haaker
went into the lead after two laps
and didn't look back to win con-
vincingly. Behind him, Geoff Aar-
on and Cory Graffunder moved
forward into qualifying positions—
Graffunder coming from a sixth
place start to third in six laps.
Kevin Rookstool, Ty Tremaine,
Wally Palmer and Trystan Hart all
qualified into the main out of the
Last Chance Qualifier races.
EnduroCross main event gate
picks are chosen by the fastest
Hot Lap—a one-lap sprint against
the clock. If Idaho's Hot Laps
were a sign of who was feel-
ing the speed, it was undoubt-
edly Haaker. His 51.8-second
hot lap was more than a second
faster than the next closest rider
(Webb). This pace would contin-
ue, and by all observations and
competitor comments, Haaker
was the fastest rider on the track
this night. But not without some
obstacles and a chaotic start that
put the whole order of the main
event up in the air.
As the gate dropped for the
main, Webb got a great jump
alongside Brown and a host of
Briefly...
ous notable Junior Champions include
Colton Haaker and Max Gerston.
The Women's-class Championship is
heating up just in time for the finale in
Ontario, California. And if the popu-
lar class keeps getting new winners
like Lexi Pechout, the points shake-
down will get even closer. Right now,
defending Champion Chantelle
Bykerk holds a narrow five-point
lead over Morgan Tanke, Rachel
Gutish and Idaho winner Pechout.
Bykerk will need to have a solid race
in California if any of the top four can
win. In Idaho, Shelby Turner made
a return to the series with a great
start in front of Gutish and two-time
A bad start left
Taddy Blazusiak
(1) back in the
pack. He's now
15 points out of
first place in the
championship
with one race
to go.
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