I finished 3rd.  What a crazy race this is I have to say I felt like I was in a pinball machine.  Hitting logs, hitting walls, crashing in rocks.  In the first race I finished 3rd, but only the first two qualified for the main, so I came up one short.  In the semi qualifier I was 1st and moved to the main.  

My goal for the main was to podium and try my darndest to keep it on two wheels.   I  am so happy with this result. 

http://endurocross.com/  Pretty cool video.

http://www.kawasaki.com/racing_news/Article.aspx?id=1435  A Kawasaki write up.

Finish:  1.  Taddy Blazusiac  2.  Geoff Aaron 3.  Justin Soule’  4.  Cody Webb 5.  Cory Graffunder  6.  Kevin Rookstool 7.  Colton Haaker  8.  Gary Sutherlin  9.  Ricky Dietrich  10.  Kyle Redmond  11.  Mike Brown

I took a 4th, 2nd and 3rd for the weeks events.

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I finished 4th overall in Round 7, a hare scrambles in the tight Washington woods with a dead engine start.  It was pretty much all single track, follow the guy in front of you type of track.  I three kicked off the line leaving almost last and knew this was going to be a tough race coming from the back.  I just put my head down and charged as hard as I could.  So I am actually pretty happy with this result.

Top 10:  1.  Kurt Caselli  2.  Ricky Dietrich  3.  Mike Brown  4.  Justin Soule’ 5.  Nathan Woods  6.  Brenden Ritzman  7.  Colton Udall  8.  Gary Sutherlin  9.  Destry Abbott  10.  Kevin Rookstool

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I decided not race the Wednesday motocross race.

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I finished 2nd in the Worcscross. I qualified first in my qualifier for the main event.  Worcs did a great job setting up a fun enduro cross track.

Top 3:  1.  Mike Brown  2.  Justin Soule’ 3.  Gary Sutherlin

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I finished 3rd overall in Round 8. This race included tight off road single track, motocross and the full worcscross track.  It rained most of the day Saturday so it was pretty muddy and super slippery with the hard packed clay they have there.  I had a 6th place start and was able to work my way up to 2nd at one point but ended up finishing 3rd.  I am real happy with how the race went and I am getting closer in the points chase.

Top 10:  1.  Kurt Caselli  2.  Ricky Dietrich  3.  Justin Soule’ 4.  Mike Brown  5.  Bobby Garrison  6.  Brenden Ritzman  7.  Kevin Rookstool  8.  Gary Sutherlin  9.  Colton Udall  10.  Robby Bell

I finished 5th overall in the main.  It was a tough night to finally get this result.  It seems in qualifing for this event I always come up one short and this night was no different.  In the 1st heat only 2 advance to the main.  I ran 2nd right up to almost the finish and got passed by Cody Webb.  My starts were terrible I was always coming from behind.  This is the craziest race you can go from first to last with a minor tip over or get stuck in the rocks.  In the 2nd heat only one rider advanced to the main and I finished 2nd.  In the last chance qualifier I started on the 2nd row and pulled the holeshot and ran with it finishing 1st.

In the main I was as high as 3rd and it was an all out battle for 3rd between myself, Mike Brown, Cory Graffunder, Kyle Redmond  and Gary Sutherlin.  It was a lot of fun and I consider 5th the start to get my momentum going for this series.  

From a stacked field of Whose who in the off road and trials world only 11 riders make it into the main.

Endurocross Results:  1.  Taddy Blazusiak  2.  Geoff Aaron  3.  Cory Graffunder  4.  Mike Brown  5.  Justin Soule’  6.  Gary Sutherlin  8.  Jamie Lanza  9.  Destry Abbott  10.  Cody Webb  11.  Kevin Rookstool

In the Pro Open on Friday they ran a two moto format.  I finished 7th and 5th for 5th overall.  I feel like I rode really well this week end in spite of being real sick with the flu. 

The start was really important and the first two laps were totally hair ball, literally handle bar to handle bar racing with a lot of banging.

In the Pro 450 there were two divisions and I had to qualify for the main.  I finished 3rd in the first Division qualifier.  In the main I finished 7th.  I had an excellent start in the qualifier and it was great to run up front and separate from the pack.  In the main my start was not so good, somewhere around 12th to 15th.  So I had to fight hard for every position.  All in all it was a great week end.  I love racing Mammoth for me it is almost like a vacation.

My next race is Endurocross in Las Vegas, Nevada.  So now it is time to shift gears and get my rock and log riding dialed in.

I finished 3rd.  This was a new venue for the WORCS series.  I really liked the course it reminded me a lot of a dry Honey Lake.

My start was pretty good I was in 3rd and Rookstool got around me putting me in 4th.  On the 3rd lap I moved back into 3rd and rode aggressive but I could not catch the 1st and 2nd spots.  This was actually a great race for me I rode smooth with no crashes.

The pro section did have this one bad section that was unnecessary, a 6 foot drop off with a G out into an immediate climb up a hill.  You had to hit it just right and be ready to accelerate up the hill, I never could land it right.  In the pro qualifier on Saturday I damaged my bike (wheel and pipe) as did many other racers.  Therefore, in the race I chose the alternate line, which ended up being a wise choice.  It cost me time on Dietrich and Caselli, but several racers attempting the section did not fare so well in the race.  So it turned out to be a good move for me. 

Top 10:

1.  Ricky Dietrich  2.  Kurt Caselli  3.  Justin Soule’  4.  Nathan Woods  5.  Mike Brown  6.  Bobby Garrison  7.  Colton Udall  8.  Gary Sutherlin  9.  Cory Buttrick  10.  David Pearson