ENDUROCROSS
AMA ENDUROCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 1 / AUGUST 27, 2016
INFINITE ENERGY ARENA / DULUTH, GEORGIA
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Shelby Turner made the long trip from
Canada pay off to win the Women's
main event on her KTM. She led from
start to finish. Rachel Gutish finished
second on her RPM KTM and Mor-
gan Tanke finished third on her Beta.
Ohio's Quinn Wentzel took the win
in the amateur class over Christo-
pher Venditti and Jojo Bowden.
Wentzel is a top trials rider that is also
showing some success in tougher
off-road events.
In the Vet class, Wayne Dickert took
his first-ever main event win after sev-
eral podium finishes in recent years.
David Stirm and Craig Thompson
rounded out the podium.
The TrialsCross class continues to
be a crowd favorite in EnduroCross.
Christopher Venditti ended up tak-
ing the class win over David Ige.
There has been a shift back to four-
strokes for many of the top riders.
Cody Webb won his 2014 and 2015
championships on a Beta 300 and
KTM 300 two-stroke, respectively,
but started racing a KTM 250 four-
stroke during the FIM SuperEnduro
World Championship that ran from
December through March. He com-
pared the two bikes and felt the new
KTM 250 was the best choice. Beta's
Max Gerston also switched back to
a 350 four-stroke after competing on
a 300 two-stroke last season. Taddy
Blazusiak has also competed on
both two-stroke and four-stroke ma-
chines over the years but is currently
racing a 250 four-stroke. Colton
Haaker chose a 350 four-stroke, the
same machine he used in 2015.
The series will pack eight races over
the next 12 weeks with round two
making a first-ever visit to Sioux Falls,
South Dakota next weekend (Sep-
tember 3).
All eight rounds of the 2016 AMA En-
duroCross series will air on the CBS
Sports Network for the second con-
secutive year. For CBS Sports Net-
work information, please visit www.
cbssportsnetwork.com.
Briefly...
Webb (1), Blazusiak (111)
and Haaker (10) lead
the way as they battle
for podium positions.
