On The Pegs June 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 6 | Page 66

On The Pegs 66 VETERAN APPRECIATION Thirty-year-old veteran Matt Barrett was chosen to ride the XC 300 for XC Gear/Enduro Engineering/Husqvarna as part of the “Fac- tory Rider for the Weekend” program, and he came away with an 11th place finish in the 30+ B division. Of course, giving a Veteran a chance to ride was not all about results for XC Gear/Enduro Engineering/Husqvarna. It was about honoring a veteran and Matt was more than qualified. Matt spent eight years in the Marines and at one point served in Afghanistan. The Louisiana-native also comes from a long lineage of Marines, both family and friends, and he honored them by put- ting their names on his side plate. “I can’t thank XC Gear, Enduro Engineering and Husqvarna enough for the great opp charged in 2014 and I’m glad to be back home riding dirt bikes with family and friend THORN DEVLIN SUPER SIZES Thorn Devlin showed up at the Cajun on an XC 300. The GasGas North America rider normally rides a 250. “We did a bunch of testing this week and I tried the 300 just for fun and I liked it. The main thing is I was faster on it, so I decided to ride it in the national,” said Devlin. “I’m so happy to be back on a 300. I thought I could ride the 250 and be more aggres- sive on it, but I have to work too hard shifting up and down, up and down. The 300 I just keep it in third gear. I’m so much more smooth on it, so I feel back at home. “