ENDUROCROSS
GEICO AMA ENDUROCROSS SERIES
ROUND 9 / NOVEMBER 21, 2015
CITIZENS BUSINESS BANK ARENA / ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA
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couldn't match. Haaker jumped
all the tough gaps and Webb
faltered in the Matrix. The virtual
gap is back to nine.
When the gate dropped for
the main event it was Lanza who
ripped his KTM Powerparts
two-stroke to the Nexen Tire
Holeshot award and quickly got
in front of a pinched pack fight-
ing for breathing room over the
first turn obstacle. As he moved
away freely, the rest fought for
clear air with Redmond, Rob-
ert and Webb squeaking out in
good positions to give chase.
Haaker, just as he had in Idaho,
went down in the first-turn area
and started his fight for a cham-
to the finish line flags, win the
heat race with his last-lap pass
over Webb. However, it was
discovered the top racers had
actually done an extra lap. So,
the scoring went back one lap
where Webb was in the lead and
the virtual points gap between
Haaker and Webb evened out
at a 10-point gap again. Factory
Beta's Max Gerston finished in
third—in both the last lap and
the "extra" last lap—so he went
straight to the main as well.
During the evening Hot Laps,
it was a showdown between
Haaker and Webb. This is a
valuable point and Haaker put
down a heater of a lap that Webb
night. SRT-backed Cory Graf-
funder would pass Lanza for the
win and Factory Beta's young
trials specialist Ty Cullins made a
great pass in the last few feet to
take the final transfer spot.
The third heat race of the
night was a precursor to the
main event with Robert battling
with Webb for the top spot with
Robert clearly more willing to air
it out. It was a great battle be-
tween the two as Webb crawled
back any gains Robert made by
jumping lap-after-lap. Webb ac-
tually stopped in the rock garden
and laid his bike down as Robert
did the same. Robert would
get moving first and, according
