At the Denver, Colorado race, I finished 6th overall.  I qualified from the Semi in 1st to go to the main.  My starts were pretty decent and I felt really good.  In the main event, right off the start, I was t-boned which caused my chain to derail moments later.  By the time I got the chain back on I was down at least a half a lap.  I rode hard and smooth and was able to catch up to 4th and 5th but ran out of time to make the passes before they threw the checkered flag.  This race was frustrating.  I rode real well and my hard training is paying off, but stuff happens, especially in Endurocross.

I went 4th overall for the week end.  Saturday I struggled the whole race, I had my suspension set to stiff and it just beat me up and bucked me all over the place.  I had a decent start, top 5, but just had a tough race and was way off pace of the leaders.  I moved into 4th and held it most of the race but then finished in 5th.  We made some adjustments to the suspension and Sunday was a much better day.  The top 5 were seperated by just a few seconds.  I finished in 4th but felt better at least I was in the race.  I made a few passes for 3rd but couldn’t make it stick before the checkers.
 
1.  Taylor Robert (1-1)  2.  Mike Brown (2-2)  3.   Kurt Caselli (3-3)  4.  Justin Soule’ (5-4)  5.  Bobby Bonds (4-5)  5.  Robby Bell  6.  Bobby Garrison (7-6)  7.  Robby Bell (6-8)  8.  Cole Martinez (8-7)  9.  Ryan Abbatoye (10-9)  10.  Gordon Ward (11-10)

I finished 6th place in the main.  I qualified in the first heat in 2nd to go to the main event.  I rode really well and had no crashes to speak of but it was all in the start this race.  I was pinched off going into the first log and was almost in last place.  I had major work to do.  I caught up to 5th place and passed Geoff Aaron but then he passed me back.  The track was really single lined so you had to plan your passes.  We went back and forth through out the race and wasted a lot of time battling each other.  I wasn’t happy with my finish but I couldn’t be mad either.  I rode well but just needed the start this race.
1.  Taddy Blasuziac  2.  Colton Haaker 3.  Cody Webb  4.  Kyle Redmond  5.  Geoff Aaron  6.  Justin Soule’  7.  Gary Sutherlin  8.  Mike Brown  9.  Kevin Sweeten  10. Destry Abbott 

Finished 3rd place in the main.  I finished the first heat in 3rd and only the top two moved to the main.  I finished 1st in the semi and advanced to the main.  I rode well and had a decent start but still looking for that top spot.  
 
Main finish results:  1 Taddy Blazusiak 2 Mike Brown 3 Justin Soule 4 Cody Webb 5 Colton Haaker 6 Geoff Aaron 7 Gary Sutherlin 8 Bobby Prochnau 9 Rory Mead 10 Taylor Robert 11 Kyle Redmond

Friday I finished 5th and Saturday 4th for 5th overall for the week-end.  I wanted better results but with the tight, slippery dirt and single track forest this became a challenge.  On Friday I got caught in a bottleneck on a single track portion and by the time I was able to get going I was several minutes down.  Saturday I knew the start was going to be important.  Pretty much where you started was where you were going to finish.