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ing to take the point as they went
through the downhill Matrix. But
then Haaker went down in the
rock-covered second turn. This
handed the lead back to Red-
mond who would prove stubborn
in giving that up.
Meanwhile, Webb was about
fifth exiting the first turn but
passed a few riders before
crashing in the wood pit near
the end of the first lap. This put
Webb and Haaker buried mid-
pack and in tandem. Then on lap
three, Webb took the sharp turn
into the joker lane and Haaker
slammed into the back of him
and both went down again. They
both went through the required
joker lane, which would prove
critical as most of the other
In the Women's class, Shelby
Turner took her second win in a
row in Reno. The Canadian rode
her KTM to a dominant win, leading
every lap. Tarah Gieger worked her
way through the field to take second
on her Honda. FMF KTM's Kacy
Martinez was a close third.
In the Vet class, Destry Abbott,
took his second win in a row and
was joined on the podium by David
Stirm and Dan Hayakawa. This
was the same three riders that stood
on the Vet class podium at round
one in Las Vegas.
Kevin Dupius took the Open Ama-
teur class win on his Husqvarna.
Joey Fiasconaro and Tyler Smith
joined Dupius on the podium.
In the Amateur B class, Jordan
Gamboa earned an exciting win.
Colton Aeck, a regular supercross
rider, finished second in his first En-
duroCross. David Stirm earned his
second podium of the evening.
Anthony Johnson took the Tri-
alsCross main event win. Josh Mou-
zais finished second and Colman
Johnson, Anthony's 12-year-old
brother finished third.
Cory Graffunder, who had finished
sixth at the Las Vegas opener, was
forced to be a spectator at the
Reno event. "I broke my thumb in
four spots in a practice crash a few
weeks ago," said Graffunder. "[But]
I think I am going to be able to ride
next week in Denver."
Destry Abbott kicked off the
weekend with one of his DA8
EnduroCross training sessions on
Friday night and attracted 29 riders.
The two-hour session allowed riders
to get instruction from Abbott and
several of the top pro riders on how
to ride through the tough obstacles
found on an EnduroCross track.
The first two EnduroCross events
have featured live webcasts on
YouTube and Facebook. You can go
back to watch the entire night show
from either of the first rounds at
www.endurocross.com.
Briefly...
