PEARSON GETS LAST LAUGH AT LAUGHLIN
HARE SCRAMBLES
T
here was no championship on
the line at the eighth and final
round of the Kenda/SRT AMA
West Hare Scrambles Champi-
onship Series, SRT KTM's Cory
Graffunder having wrapped that
up at round seven last month.
But spots on the podium—and a
few class championships—were
still up for grabs at the Laughlin
Hare Scramble Challenge, co-
sanctioned by AMRA (via Xtreme
Motorcycle Club) and MRAN
(Dark Side M.C.), in Laughlin,
Nevada, November 7.
None of these spots up for
grabs were closer than the one
for second in the series, with
Purvines Racing Beta's Nick Bur-
son and Maxxis/FMF/RPM Rac-
ing KTM's Travis Coy deadlocked
at 142 points apiece. It would be
settled simply: Whoever beat the
other would walk away with the
number two plate.
Off the start, it was obvious
that Coy wanted it badly as he
rocketed off the line with a clear
holeshot aboard his SixFiveO
Racing/Bonanza Plumbing/Mo-
torcycleSuperstore.com-backed
KTM 300 XC instead of his usual
450.
"Nick got past me early on,
but he crashed a couple miles in
and I ran into him and went over
the bars," Coy said. "We were
both laying on the ground; I got
up first and took off, leading.
"I led the majority of that first
lap, and I had to pit after the first
lap being on the two-stroke and
I knew [Burson] wasn't going to
have to."
That put Burson in the driver's
IN
THE
WIND
P20
Travis Coy rocketed off
the start, though his time
in front was short-lived,
but he came away with
second place in the
championship.
