VOL. 53 ISSUE 28 JULY 19, 2016 P33
HEPLER WINS LITTLE BURR ENDURO
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as Gas Factory U.S. riders
Broc Hepler and Johnny
Barber were back in action at
the fifth round of the AMA Apala-
chian Championship Enduro Se-
ries, July 17. With temperatures
in the mid-90s and 179 miles of
trail, the 132 riders in attendance
were put to a true test of fitness
and endurance at the Little Burr
Enduro. Hepler came out on top
of the podium riding a new 2017
Gas Gas EC300. Gas Gas team
manager Johnny Barber finished
just outside of the top five with
sixth overall.
"Little Burr is one of the cool-
est races to win for me with the
history of the traveling trophy,"
Hepler said. "I've won this race
four times in a row now but this
year was one of the toughest.
The trail was great but there was
a lot of undergrowth
that made if hard to
push without taking
some risks. I was
impressed riding
the bike stock with
how well it ran and
handled on the
fresh cut single
track and even in
the rough beat up
sections."
This is the third
consecutive overall
win for Hepler in the
Aces Series.
Barber said, "This past week
we received our 2017 bikes and
I made a last-minute decision
for us to race the new bikes
stock to show just how good
the Gas Gas EC300 is right off
the showroom floor. Hepler now
has the championship points
lead with four remaining races.
Special thanks to Dawn Hepler,
as well as all of our amazing
team sponsors!" CN
DOUBLE FRONTFLIP DOES IT
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regg Duffy made history as the first rider to
successfully perform a double frontflip in
competition during the FMX Best Trick event at
the inaugural World Nitro Games at the Rice-
Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah, July 17.
Duffy made the trick look almost easy,
though he certainly stuck the landing.
The American headed a pair of Australians
that round out the podium. Pat Bowden ended
up finishing second with a frontflip Superman
variation, with Josh Sheehan taking third after
performan a double backflip Superman.
New Zealand's Levi Sherwood took gold in
the FMX competition, with Sheehan taking sec-
ond and Japan's Take Higashino third. CN
Factory Gas Gas rider Broc Hepler
won the Little Burr Enduro in Ohio.
Here is a video of all of the winning runs from the
event, including Duffy's double frontflip.
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