On The Pegs November 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 11 | Page 61

On The Pegs
Vol. 4 Issue 11 - November 2019
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gave up some time there. I was competitive until then. But
other than that, I didn’t have any falls. No big moments or
anything. It was pretty steady.”
Beta USA’s Mike Witkowski got off to a tremendous start,
and was leading the race after two tests having gone 1-2 in
the first two tests.
“That’s the first time I’ve ever won a test overall,” said Wit-
kowski. “The last couple tests were pretty tough, though,
and I struggled a little with all the rocks. I seem to excel in
the faster stuff.”
Ron Commo came from behind to finish fifth overall and
grabbed his first-ever win in the Pro2 class. The KTM was
sitting in third place in class (seventh overall), about 12 sec-
onds behind Nate Ferderer and Liam Draper, heading into
the final test and after turning in a strong ride, moved into
fifth overall and first in the Pro2 class by just two second
ahead of Ferderer.
“I just knew that this was the shot that I had to actually
win one,” said Commo. “I was close enough all day. I just
rode as absolutely hard as I possibly could in that last test
and just didn’t make any major mistakes.”
Ferderer settled into sixth overall at the finish and second
in the Pro2 class on his Suzuki, although he was bummed at
missing out on the win by just two seconds.
Liam Draper was seventh and third in the Pro2 division.
The Tely Energy Racing rider wrapped up the Pro2 champi-
onship at the previous round in Indiana.
Young gun Noah Clark turned in one of his best perfor-
mances to date with an eighth overall, and first in the AA
class on a Yamaha.
XC Gear/Enduro Engineering/Husqvarna’s Jake Froman
edged fellow Husqvarna rider Logan Kittock by four sec-
onds for ninth overall. Kittock was also fourth in Pro2.
Thorn Devlin was turning in a great performance, run-
ning just outside of a podium position when a crash in test
seven just a few feet from the exit sent the North American
GasGas rider to the hospital, leaving him with a DNF for the