VOL. 54 ISSUE 32 AUGUST 15, 2017 P123
Round three, switched from the riders
hitting the track by themselves to a multi-
rider head-to-head format. The fastest 25
riders were split into five groups of five,
but before that, one last rider was added
to the mix in a one-on-one elimination
straight-line dual between the 26th- to
29th-place riders. Chuck Dulullo earned
that final spot to join group five. Webb,
Roman, Ashburn, Jarvis and Graffunder
won their respective groups to earn front-
row starting positions. The second- and
third-place finishers in each group also
moved on to the 15-rider main event.
The main event moved back to the
short course and would be a 30-minute-
plus-one-lap battle. Webb quickly moved
into the lead followed closely by Jarvis
and Roman and those three opened a
large gap on the first lap. Roman then
3 minute, 53-second run to earn the first
starting position for the next Knockout
round. Ramon proved a quick learner to
set the second-fastest time at 4:15. SRT
Offroad-backed Kyle Redmond was third
fastest at 4:17. Jarvis was fourth at 4:18
and SRT-backed Cory Graffunder fifth at
4:39.
The second round sent the riders out
on a 14-mile loop in 30-second inter-
vals and Webb was again fastest with a
1:10:28 lap. Roman continued to impress
with the second-fastest time at 1:14:30
and Beta USA's Jordan Ashburn, who
is a Tennessee native, was third with a
1:16:16. Jarvis (1:16:25) and Graffunder
(1:21:52) rounded out the top five. Fifty-
six riders started this round and only the
fastest 25 riders moved on to the next
Knockout.
(Left) Extreme
off-road king
Graham Jarvis
had to settle
for second this
time behind
Webb. (Below)
Spain's Mario
Roman put up
a strong fight
en route to
a third-place
finish.
