OFF ROAD
AMA ENDUROCROSS SERIES
ROUND 1 / SEPTEMBER 19, 2017
ORLEANS ARENA / LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
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felt like I threw third away a little.
Now, it feels great to get it."
Beta's Max Gerston took fifth
ahead of RPM KTM's Ty Tre-
maine in sixth. SRT's Cory Graf-
funder was seventh and Coo-
per Abbott took the important
eighth-place position that will put
him directly into the night show
at the next round. Joan Pau
Segura made the long trip from
Spain and finished ninth on his
GasGas ahead of fellow GasGas
rider Noah Kepple in tenth. CN
but it was super-fast and you
couldn't make a mistake. That
made for some really tight racing
between Kyle (Redmond) and
myself for the entire time. It was
super tiring even though the
track wasn't too hard. You had to
be on it the entire time (and) that
it was really intense. I worked
hard for this and now that I'm up
here it doesn't feel real. Every-
body always says that, but the
last lap I thought, 'This is it!' Last
year I was fourth in Boise and I
apart after battling wheel to
wheel the entire race. Hart held
the position at the start before
Redmond moved by, only to be
re-passed for the final podium
spot.
"For sure my good start was
so key to the race for me," said
Hart. "I had a good gate pick
and the track wasn't super hard
Geoff Aaron (4) and Kyle
Redmond (7) go bar to bar in
the rocks.
