On The Pegs February 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 2 | Page 88

On The Pegs
T
he 2017 season might have
seemed like a mixed bag for
Thad DuVall, packed with
plenty of highs and lows, wins and
injuries. But most of all it was a suc-
cessful one. It was a season that saw
the West Virginia rider establish
himself as one of the top off-road
racers in the country.
Thad came into the season hav-
ing won the Full Gas Sprint Enduro
title in 2016 while riding for KR4
Husqvarna. He also won the lone
national enduro he entered in Ohio,
which most likely was a tryout for
the Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Rac-
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ing team. Thad apparently passed
the test and was signed by the fac-
tory team for the 2017 season.
Riding an FX 350, Thad totalled
four national enduro wins in 2017,
and two GNCC victories, leaving him
runner-up in both series at seasons’
end. He led the Kenda AMA National
Enduro title chase until a slip at last
year’s ISDE in Spain left him with a
broken bone in his wrist. Despite the
setback, Thadeus finished out the
series and narrowly lost out to Stew-
ard Baylor in the final championship
battle, which came down to the final
round.