On The Pegs April 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 4 | Page 83

On The Pegs
Well it’s been some
time now since my last
article. I left off last time
with the first round of
the FIM Superenduro
series in Poland. Time
flies because I now only
have one round left in
the series in Sweden with
a lead in the series.
I was unable to attend
the series in 2017, so I
was very excited to be
given the opportunity to
return for 2018. The first
round in Poland was an
interesting track with dirt
straight from a swamp.
Everyone was really
struggling with the heav-
ily saturated race course
including myself. I had a
solid performance for the
evening going 1,5,1 for
second overall. I was just
a few points off taking
the win on the evening,
but a terrible start in
the second race (they
had reversed start in the
second moto) led me to
fighting through the field
to finish in fifth. It was a
solid start to the season
and I knew the speed
was there, I just had to
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limit mistakes.
The second round in
Germany went very well.
I got my first win of the
season and that was
while “feeling out of it”
thanks to the effects of
jet lag. I slept terrible the
night before and went
back to the hotel to try
and nap between prac-
tice sessions. The night
started off well for me
though after I took the
superpole and won that
first moto. In the second
moto, I got a bad start
once again, and had to
battle through almost
the whole field to take
third. I was all over Go-
mez for multiple laps, but
I just couldn’t get past
him. The final moto was
perfect again and I was
able to get into the lead
early on and went on to
take that moto win. It
was a near perfect night
and I walked away with
the lead and was able to
open up a nice point gap.
Third round of the
series was in Malaga,
Spain and it was nice
to be back in sunshine
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and weather similar to
back home. The course
was uper fun with a solid
mix of fast jumps and a
technical rock and ma-
trix section. Everyone
was able to really make
a strong push on the
track, but mistakes were
still being made, which
made for some really
exciting racing. I won
superpole again and in
the first moto, had an
intense three-way battle
between myself, Taddy
and Jonny. We all had the
lead at multiple points,
but I inevitably had to
settle for second. In the
second moto, which
seemed to have been my
Achilles heel for the sea-
son, was my best of the
season where I was able
to take the win. Disaster
struck in the final moto
as I went down in the first
corner with a few other
riders and tried my best
to ride through the pack.
However, with bent bars,
a hole in my radiator, and
no throttle-side grip, I
was only able to muster a
ninth in that moto. Since