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cision Concepts Honda rider
Justin Morgan won day one and
claimed second on day two to
unofficially top the overall Letter
of Intent (LOI) class at the South-
western Idaho Desert Racing
Association (SIDRA)/Owyhee
Motorcycle Club (OMC) Sprint
Enduro Qualifier, round two of
the AMA ISDE West Qualifier
Regional Championship Series,
March 11-12.
E3 (500cc two-stroke/650cc
four-stroke) winner Nick Stover
and fellow E2 (250cc two-
stroke/450cc four-stroke) class
rider Anthonee Gibbs were
second- and third-fastest for
the weekend's LOI riders with
Stover winning his class both
days while going 3-1 in LOI over-
all, Gibbs 2-2 in class and 2-3
overall LOI.
However, the absolute overall
fastest times for the weekend's
16 total special tests didn't
belong to one of the LOI rider
but to the top two A/AA riders,
MX/SX specialist Ben Evans
and SCORE Baja champ David
Kamo, who both grew up racing
in the area. Though semi-retired,
they proved that locals aren't
always pushovers.
At first, though, everyone took
a back seat to early leader Cody
Webb, the FMF KTM Factory
Off-road Racing Team star prov-
ing his overall runner-up result at
round one was no fluke.
"I think I won the first three
[tests], but I'm not sure—that's
what my mechanic [Cody Richel-
dorfer] said," the Red Bull/
Motorex/Troy Lee Designs 300
XC-W rider reported.
Unfortunately for the ob-
served trials and EnduroCross
champ, a slick hard-packed sec-
tion of the predominantly sandy
course caught him off guard,
and he crashed heavily after
a big swap, leaving him with a
tweaked back, knee and ankle,
as well as a headache.
After laying there for what felt
like an eternity, Webb said, "I
wanted to get back [to the pits]
so I hopped on one leg to my
Justin Morgan
won E2 on both
days to emerge
the overall LOI
winner in Idaho.
