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others. Haaker wasn't as clean off the
line but that wouldn't really matter as
Wally Palmer came blitzing down the
inside full-gas. His start straight theory
was solid, but it left something to be de-
sired for the first corner. Palmer had no
choice but to go wide (nearly straight)
into the first left. His line pushed nearly
everyone out, with Brown, Blazusiak,
Redmond, Haaker and most of the oth-
ers suffering. Palmer managed to hang
a left, somehow, and get to the Nexen
Tire $500 holeshot line first.
After the first-turn mayhem settled
down, Webb found himself in the lead
on the first lap with Robert in third just
behind Palmer.
"It was a crazy start," Webb said. "I
got a great jump on the two-stroke and
pinched off Haaker's 450 along with
Taylor [Robert]. Taylor sort of pushed
everyone wide a bit and then Wally
came out of nowhere. I thought I was
Briefly...
winner Sandra Gomez. Gomez
put her Husqvarna 125 into the lead
early and looked to be in position to
collect her third win of the season.
EnduroCross had other plans, how-
ever, and Gomez got stuck in the
rocks. It wasn't until the spotlight was
on Pechout that she knew she was
in the lead. She held on for her first
win of the season. Second went to
Gomez with Turner in third.
The Veterans 35+ class main event
in Idaho went down with some ex-
citement as local Josh Buell took
an early lead followed by former MX
GP World Champion contender Kurt
Nicoll. Nicoll was actually celebrating
his birthday on the day of the event.
Buell would eventually stall on the first
lap. Nicoll took the lead and rode a
flawless race to take the win. Buell
would re-fire his bike to take second
and Eric Bailey finished third.
Did you know anyone can race En-
duroCross on the track the pros
race? You can, and every round
there's a group of talented amateur
racers lining up to do battle. In Ida-
ho, class regular Dalton Dietz took
the holeshot with Wyatt Hart close
behind. Michael Aranda rounded
out third on the first lap. By lap two,
Trialscross star Ty Cullins moved
into third and the top three would fin-
ish, Dietz, Hart and Cullins.
Ty Cullins hadn't lost a Trialscross
competition in 2014 and he wasn't
about to let Idaho be the first race
he lost. He went wire-to-wire once
again to take another win. Second
place went to Michael Salsman and
third went to Brian Martinson.
