OFF ROAD
AMA ENDUROCROSS SERIES
ROUND 1 / SEPTEMBER 19, 2017
ORLEANS ARENA / LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
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There was a strong field of women
riders and the Women's main event
proved to be one of the most exciting
of the evening with the lead changing
several times among the top five riders.
Canada's Shelby Turner, the defend-
ing Women's EnduroCross champion
passed Australia's Tayla Jones on the
final lap to take an exciting win. Jones
crashed out of the lead and FMF KTM's
Kacy Martinez also snuck by for second
while Jones recovered for third. Tarah
Gieger and Morgan Tanke rounded out
the top five.
In the Vet class, Destry Abbott, the
off-road racing legend took the win
despite doing a maintenance round of
chemotherapy earlier in the week for
leukemia, which he was diagnosed with
a little over a year ago. Washington's
David Stirm was very satisfied to take
second and Abbott's close friend Dan
Hayakawa rounded out the podium.
Spenser Wilton took the Open Ama-
teur class win on his Honda. Josh
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