On the Pegs - December 2021 On the Pegs - Volume 6 Issue 12 - December 2021 | Page 101

onto second place in the moto while Abbott made a late-race pass on Gerston for third . Gerston finished fourth and Cory Graffunder was fifth .
With the second moto gate picks in reverse order of the moto one finishing positions , the top riders started on row two . Utah ’ s Nick Thompson took the lead and led the first lap with Spencer Wilton and Ty Cullins chasing in second and third . Hart was the first of the top riders to work through the pack and was up to third by the end of the first lap . Hart took the lead on the second lap while Haaker took another lap to work his way into second . Hart held a safe gap over Haaker to take his second moto win of the night . Abbott , who crashed on the first lap worked his way through the field to take another third place . Gerston finished fourth again and Cullins finished a strong fifth .
In the third and final moto , Hart , Haaker and Will Riordan exited the first turn in the top three . Abbott was fourth and quickly around Riordan to join the battle for the moto win . Those top three riders were close for several laps and Abbott made a move past Haaker to take over second and applied heavy pressure on Hart for several laps . Haaker closed back in but got stuck at the bottom of the Rocky Mountain ATV / MC rock garden and lost touch with the top two . Abbott was the fastest rider on the track and pressured Hart