IN
THE
WIND
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WEBB AGAIN
AT LAST DOG
STANDING
T
he Prairie Dogs Last Dog
Standing—newly presented
by EnduroCross—took place
at Glen Helen, June 11, where,
once again, FMF KTM rider
Cody Webb put on a show, dom-
inating the extreme race ahead
of SRT Husqvarna's Kyle Red-
mond. Webb and Redmond put
on quite a show, riding their own
race for the most part, and after
some close dueling through
the dusty ridges and canyons
of Glen Helen Raceway, Webb
reaffirmed his dominance as the
top dog. Redmond had to settle
for second while GasGas rider
Noah Kepple crossed the finish
in a distant third, having bested
Beta USA's Ty Cullins for the
final podium position.
Mother Nature was rather
kind, offering up some cloud
cover and cooler temperatures
for the 2017 running of Last Dog
Standing, but dust was still a
significant factor. And following
the rainy winter, the brush was
thicker than ever, presenting yet
another obstacle for Webb and
Redmond as they traded the
lead in the first lap of the two-lap
final.
"I pushed real hard and
opened up a nice gap at the be-
ginning," said Webb. "We came
to a new canyon they had us
go up. I tried going right up the
center and didn't get anywhere.
I tried to turn around and got
stuck real bad and Kyle just shot
up the left on the ridge and just
totally passed me. He dropped
me right away when I was still
stuck there. I was like 'Gosh dar-
nit…' [laughs] Now I really gotta
hammer down!'"
On his second pass, Webb
made his way up without a prob-
lem and then got to work chas-
ing down Redmond. "I ate way
too much dust. Every canyon
was so narrow; there was no
way to get around him," Webb
said. "I was just stuck in the dust
cloud. I swear my lungs were
hurting by the time the race was
done."
Once around Redmond,
Webb got out to a good lead
and completed the second lap
with a solid three-minute buffer
on Redmond. Behind the lead
A win at the
2017 Last Dog
Standing puts
FMF KTM's
Cody Webb
at four for the
Prairie Dogs
extreme race.
