OFF ROAD
GEICO AMA ENDUROCROSS SERIES
FINAL ROUND/ NOVEMBER 22, 2014
CITIZENS BUSINESS BANK ARENA / ONTARIO, CA
P40
stroke 300 RR proved to be the
ideal weapon for extreme off-
road. Beta USA backed it up with
a second rider inside the top-
five, as Max Gerston piloted his
350cc four-stroke Beta to fifth
overall in the AMA EnduroCross
Championship.
Taddy Blazusiak Talks…
It's lonely at the top, as Taddy
Blazusiak can attest to. The more
you win, the greater the antici-
pation is for the day you are de-
throned. Well, that anticipation
has been building for five years
now, and Blazusiak's reign in
EnduroCross has finally come
to a close. But along with the
excitement of a new champion
has come insistent speculation:
"What is wrong with Taddy? Why
isn't he dominating anymore?"
According to Taddy, the overall
game has risen in the past few
years and the competition has
come up—his hasn't gone down.
And frankly, he's tired of hearing
(Above) Destry Abbott gives his son
Cooper a big hug after winning the
Open Amateur final.
(Right) Moments after the start,
Robert got hung up over this log and
nearly took out Webb in the process.
May The Beta Man Win!
The Ontario EnduroCross
marked a big time for celebra-
tion for the small Italian brand.
It doesn't take an insider to see
that Beta USA has far fewer re-
sources than a brand like KTM,
but the fast-growing manufac-
turer was able to pull off the im-
possible and defeat the orange
goliath. Through the handiwork
of Alan Stillwell and Stillwell Per-
formance, the Beta USA crew
was able to put together a nation-
al-level effort that dethroned the
dominant orange brand in AMA
EnduroCross.
Testament to the company's
strong roots in trials, the two-
