On The Pegs March 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 3 | Page 78
On The Pegs
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Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Taddy Blazusiak won round four of the 2019 FIM
SuperEnduro World Championship, in Hungary, ahead of his Red Bull KTM Fac-
tory Racing teammate Cody Webb to make it a KTM one-two showing in front of
the packed Budapest stadium. Meanwhile, Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory
Racing’s Colton Haaker maintained his position at the top of the FIM SuperEnduro
World Championship standings following a third-place finish.
The fast and flowing track laid out in the Papp Laszlo Sportarena, although
short, proved to be a serious test for all competitors, with Superpole going to
Webb, with Blazusiak finishing a close second – the results giving the riders their
choice of gate-pick for race one.
Webb would win race one of the night, despite pressure from Blazusiak, who
ended in second. Haaker finished out the podium in third.
“I fought hard with Taddy, but on a relatively single-lined track he played smart
and kept me behind,” said Haaker.
Starting from row two for the second race, Haaker cleverly found some clear
space in the first corner and shot into an early lead. With a clear track to enjoy, he
put in some of his best laps of the night, pulling away from the chasing pack to
claim a comfortable eight-second margin of victory ahead of Blazusiak and Webb.
“I managed a great start and came out of the first corner in the lead despite
starting on row two and was able to pull away for an eight-second win,” said
Haaker.