IN
THE
WIND
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WEBB
DOMINATES
BOISE
ENDUROCROSS
C
ody Webb recorded his fifth
consecutive victory in the
2017 AMA EnduroCross Cham-
pionship after a near-flawless
night for the FMF KTM rider at
the Ford Idaho Center in Boise,
Idaho, November 4. Webb was
the quickest in the Hot Laps, he
won his qualifier, and went on to
win the main event. It would've
been a perfect night for Webb
had it not been for Cory Graf-
funder, who knocked off Webb
in the single lap bracket races.
But it was the main event that
really mattered. Webb bullied his
way to the front of the pack right
off the start and never let go of
the top spot. He gradually pulled
away from his nearest competi-
tor, Graffunder, who managed to
stay close to Webb for a couple
of laps until he took the No Joke
Lane on the third lap, which
handed Webb a comfortable
17-second lead heading into lap
four of the 14-lap race. Webb's
lead continued to grow as the
race went on, and he eventually
took the win with a 43-second
cushion over Graffunder. Webb
put his Super EnduroCross
skill to good use on what he
described was the most difficult
track of the year.
"This was definitely the tough-
est track we've had this year,"
Webb said. "Boise always has
a ridiculous wood pit and I fell
down there five or six times in
practice. I fell more in those
first two practice sessions than
I have all year. I really struggled
early today and didn't let the
track come to me. In the quali-
fier I rode great. Graffunder got
me in the Bracket Race.
"In the main, I got the hole-
shot and felt awesome," Webb
said. "I had two little bobbles
and a couple issues with the lap-
pers in the wood pit where I was
forced to just take my time. It
was probably the loosest I rode
all year and it feels great to get
the win."
Graffunder, on the SRT Off-
Road-backed Husqvarna, also
had a solid ride in the main but
it wasn't enough to keep Webb
from winning again.
"Tonight was probably the
most incident free, smoothest
and cleanest race I've ever had,"
Cody Webb ran
off with his fifth
straight win in
the 2017 AMA
EnduroCross
Championship,
his latest success
coming in Boise,
Idaho.
