On The Pegs June 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 6 | Page 119

On The Pegs
the course, Walker quickly settled into a fast
rythym, setting the pace up front. Behind him
Bolt reeled in and passed Webb as the duo
tackled the opening stages of the race.
With a significant hurdle to overcome,
Poland’s Taddy Blazusiak (KTM) was one of
the later riders to start the race due to a poor
qualification result. Working his way through
traffic at a considerable rate, the Polish star
fought his way from outside the top 40 on lap
one to become a possible race winner – on
corrected time – as riders began lap two.
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For Walker, a clean refuelling stop saw him
begin the second lap with a six-minute ad-
vantage over his closest rival Bolt. Further
back Lettenbichler, Webb and Graham Jarvis
(Husqvarna - GB) were engaged in a tight bat-
tle for a place inside the top five. Struggling
to overtake some of the Hobby riders ahead
of him on the course, Walker saw his race lead
diminish as Bolt upped his pace. With one-
quarter of a lap to go the Husqvarna rider
took control of the race lead and charged his
way into the finishing arena to take the che-