August 2020 -- Vol 4 -- Issue 8 August 2020 | Page 36

On The Pegs 36
a role as the race wore on with LeBlond making a late charge to fall into third by
the end of the race. Rachel Gutish would take the win in race 2 even after sustaining
a knee injury in the first moto. “I’m not sure what happened, I dabbed my leg
and I lost a lot of range of motion, but I’m going to keep on racing. That’s what I
do.” Said Gutish as she iced her knee at the end of the day.
Day 2 would be the final of 3 motos and while the temperature was a bit higher
a cool breeze made it a little more bearable for the 2 lap, 12 mile course. At the
end of the first lap Hart had pulled close to 20 seconds over Webb and with the
combined times from the day prior he would need to win by about 45 seconds to
secure the overall, but Webb would make sure to keep him in sight and the two
would go back and forth for the entire hour and fifteen minute main event. Haaker
would work his way into a podium position, even after sustaining an injury on
day 1. “First race was good then the second race I just randomly clipped a tree
with my hand.” Haaker explained. “I didn’t get it x-rayed but if you looked at it
you’d be like it’s broke”. He would admittedly race a little more timid to ensure he
didn’t tag his uninjured hand and have to pull off completely.
The last lap battle would secure another win for Webb, making 2 in a row for
the series. “I was a little skittery with the front end out there. It’s so dry I’d make
stupid mistakes and then nail all the technical bits.” Webb lamented “Finally I had
a really technical line where there was a lapper in a hole and I just went over a
big rock and that’s where I was able to get my gap.” Hart and Webb would put on
such a charge they would finish minutes ahead of Haaker by the end. “It was hot
a humid and it would have been nice to have some rain so it’d be greasy.” Hart
discussed “If the next race has lappers that was the one part where me a Cody
would pass each other was when we caught lappers and the other one would
just get around somehow.” Beta USA’s Max Gerston would power through the
heat to finish 4th with Fahringer rounding out the top 5.
Forsley would end up using her trials championship skills to get through the
much more challenging final loop and take the win over Gutish, tying the two
in points for the series championship. Danny Lewis would take the final moto by
enough time to give him his second win in the series Open A class followed by
Tobin Miller in second and Jackson Davis in third.
This round marked the start of three consecutive weekends of Extreme Racing.
Next is the Kenda Mad Moose race in Marquette, MI July 26 followed by the
Kenda Battle of the Goats in Taylorsville, NC August 1-2. n