OFF ROAD
5TH ANNUAL KLIM KING OF THE MOTOS
JANUARY 31, 2016
JOHNSON VALLEY OHV AREA /LANDERS, CALIFORNIA
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last canyon and got onto
the lake bed and cruised it
back all the way around to
[the finish]."
"It was actually pretty fun,
like intense battling, but
nothing was really going
on," Webb said.
Robert added, "The
funny thing is, a lot of the
stuff that was in the first
loop was some of the hard
stuff that was in loops three
or four years ago, but now
man finisher at 19th overall, com-
pleting two laps.) Fellow Sports-
man Garrett Carlson was second
on his YZ250 at 1:29:55 with
Robert the first Pro in 1:30:11 after
trading the Pro lead with Webb for
much of the "race."
"Cody and I, down the last
canyon that we had to go down,
him and I just kind of trail-rode
together," Robert said. "We
weren't pushing real hard because
we knew there was no point to
do so and this was just for gate
pick so we just cruised down the
rate loop that added three miles;
in addition, they also started 10
minutes after the Sportsmen with
Lewis offering a free 2017 KoM
Pro-class entry to the Sportsman
winner should he beat all Pros to
the finish.
Don Bospflug from Washington
met that challenge handily, the
50-something Golden Tyre/Trail
Tech KTM rider leading the way
in one hour, 27 minutes and 29
seconds. (In the afternoon main
event, Bospflug proved that wasn't
a fluke by being the first Sports-
(Left) Despite taking
a completely different
line up the start
hill, Taylor Robert
(shown) collided
with teammate and
eventual winner Cody
Webb at the top.
(Right) As the
defending KoM
champ, Colton Haaker
had a lot of pressure
but coped well.
