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Cycle News 2014 Issue 46 November 18

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VOL. 51 ISSUE 46 NOVEMBER 18, 2014 P71 Briefly... The EX Pro Class hasn't been this close in years. Even though Cody Webb has a seemingly comfort- able 13-point lead, EnduroCross has taught us that anything can and usually does happen during the main events. For Colton Haaker or Taddy Blazusiak to take the cham- pionship away, Haaker or Blazusiak will need to have a flawless evening— winning their heat races and setting the fastest Hot Lap to get the two bo- nus points. Then, Webb will need to have his worst race of the year. If the above scenario plays out, Haaker will need Webb to finish seventh or worse. If Blazusiak is perfect, he'll need Webb to finish 9 th or worse. FMF/RPM/KTM Team Maxxis' Ty Tremaine has clinched the yearly competition for racers aged 21 and under. With his 11 th -place finish in the main event, he's locked out fellow young gun Noah Kepple from taking the junior crown away from him. Previ- continued on next page BY JESSE ZIEGLER PHOTOGRAPHY BY DREW RUIZ A s an arctic winter storm dropped into the greater Boise, Idaho area just be- fore the race weekend, residents and visitors were struggling just to get around. Cars in ditches, com- mon. Big-rigs jack-knifed on the freeway, a reality. Tires spinning endlessly at stoplights to no avail, yep! It seemed, for a day or two, Mother Nature had put everyone in every car into the main event of the GEICO AMA EnduroCross Series. Driving was simply un- predictable. Heck, even the pit area at the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa, where round eight was held, had to be excavated out of a white, frozen shell. But even the record-breaking snowfall, sub-zero temperatures, freeway closures and frozen park- ing lots couldn't keep a rowdy Idaho crowd away from the races. And they were rewarded with an epic main-event battle, where

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