words courtesy of SEER photos by Patsy Davis
After SEER ’ s round 4 , the River Monster GPS in June in Virginia , the series continued with a hard enduro race on Labor Day weekend in Kentucky . 2021 was the 4th time having the Saddleback Xtreme ( SBX ) event in Bedford .
Quinn Wentzel came to the race with the overall series lead , challenging the rider with the most wins in 2021 , Ryder LeBlond .
WHAT WAS THE RACE FORMAT ?
The Saddleback Xtreme , SEER ’ s round 5 , took place north of Louisville , Kentucky . The race time was the SEER standard of threehours . The goal of each racer was to complete as many laps , and / or reach as many checks as possible in the given time . Racers had four opportunities to get scored on the 13 mile lap . In a SEER race , a rider gets scored at the last checkpoint he / she reaches . You do not have to complete an entire lap to get scored . You just have to make it to a checkpoint .
The Saddleback club acquired 800 new acres of property this year , so the start was moved to a new location . Racers lined up in rows based on their classes . After a dead engine start , riders looped through a grass track , before they entered the woods . An EnduroCross section was added into the second lap .
VOL . 6 ISSUE 10 - OCTOBER 2021 // PAGE 165