On The Pegs March 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 3 | Page 88

On The Pegs
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KR KICKS IT OFF
INSIDE THE OPENING ROUND OF THE
KENDA FULL GAS SPRINT ENDURO SERIES
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.
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managed a great
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came out of the first corner in the lead despite start-
BY SHAN