On The Pegs February 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 2 | Page 66

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“The last heat I didn’t get the best of starts,” said Webb. “By the time I got around
everyone, Taddy had already opened up a pretty good gap and Colton had a pret-
ty big gap on me too. I was able to reel in Colton because he was making mistakes.
I knew I had the overall if I was patient. I was kind of just not trying to rush it and
throw it away. So I kept catching Colton and there was a line in the rocks but if you
went wide, you kind of lost a bunch of time. The one lap I went to go wide I just
got stuck really bad. At that point, I basically just had to finish off and get there.”
“The track’s in Europe are different from the Endurocross races we run in Ameri-
ca,” added Webb. “The track in Poland, a lot of people show up. It’s like the biggest
spectator race we do. But the dirt is awful because it’s Poland, so the dirt’s just
super saturated and you’re just riding on swamp the whole time. So it’s just really
inconsistent and it turns into a survival endurocross race, not so much a racing
endurocross race. Compared to in the States I feel like we always have perfect dirt.
The lips across the whole jump are safe. In Europe a lot of times the lips will get
rutted and it gets pretty dangerous, actually, jumping off some sketchy logs. I feel
like just the consistency with our tracks in the States, you know what to expect.
When you go to each of these races in Europe, a lot of times it’s a different pro-
moter, a different track builder. You can get something that’s really good, or some-
thing that looks terrible but rides good."
On The Pegs
Vol. 4 Issue 2 - February 2019
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