On The Pegs September 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 9 | Page 73

On The Pegs
Vol. 4 Issue 9 - September 2019
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hard and closed up the gap, but ran out of time. Graffunder rode solid for a third.
With three moto format, there was a lot of good racing. Blazusiak said ”it was a
very good race track: fast and challenging, with a lot of passing lanes.” In the end,
Colton Haaker took his Husqvarna to the overall win with 2-1-1 scores. Cory Graf-
funder took second with 1-5-3 scores and Taddy Bazusiak took third with 4-6-2
scores.
The women’s main saw the return of Rachel Gutish to Endurocross. She hadn’t
raced the series in a couple of years and was excited to be back. There were rid-
ers from 5 different states and 2 countries. Shelby Turner wanted to make sure her
trek down south from Canada was worth the travel. She got warmed up for the
main by winning the Amateur Main where she got the holeshot and led the entire
race.
When the gate dropped for the Women’s Main, Rachel Gutish went down hard
on the start strait while Maria Forsberg tried to hold off Turner. Turner got the lead
and never looked back, taking the win. Forsberg rode solid to for a second place
finish. Gutish got up, regrouped, and fought hard to get on the podium in third.
Other key results, Destry Abbot was leading the Vet class main when a lapper
took him out on the rock pile. He got back up, dug deep, and pulled off the win.
Braden Petrie won the Expert Class, Nick Tolman won the Intermediate Class, and
Nick Saia won the Club Class.
Thanks go out to the dedicated crew that kept the series alive and pulled off a
great event. The next round is in Denver on October 19th. n