Ontario EnduroCross Win to Blazusiak

Colton Haaker and Cody Webb round out the podium!

Ontario, CA (September 17, 2011) – The
2011 GEICO AMA EnduroCross series, presented by Lucas Oil made a first
time stop at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California and
KTM’s Taddy Blazusiak took the win in front of a large, enthusiastic
crowd. Lucas Oil backed Colton Haaker took second ahead of factory Beta
backed Cody Webb. Kyle Redmond finished fourth and Geoff Aaron finished
fifth.

The
afternoon got started with the 30 Expert riders doing a single lap
against the clock running in reverse order of the current point
standings to determine gate picks for the heat races. There is a lot of
bragging rights on the line and Blazusiak was the final rider to take
the track and set the fast time ahead of Mike Brown and Haaker.

Blazusiak,
Brown and Aaron each won their heat races to take the best gate picks
for the main event. Wally Palmer was among the top riders not make the
main after a nasty tumble during his heat race. Jacob Argubright, Kevin
Rookstool, Ryan Sandoval and Matt Oppen were among the other riders to
miss the cut for the main event.

Blazusiak
jumped to the front of the field at the start followed closely by Aaron
and Haaker. Aaron stalled his bike on the first lap and then Haaker
immediately closed in on Blazusiak and stayed close for the first half
of the race before slowly losing touch. Redmond, Gary Sutherlin and Webb
were equally close to Haaker and it appeared that any one of them could
have taken second before Haaker started to pull a little gap. Sutherlin
made a mistake to fall from contention and Webb applied pressure to
Redmond to finally make the pass just before the white flag; taking the
final podium spot. Aaron managed to work his way back up to fifth ahead
of Monster Kawasaki’s Justin Soule. Sutherlin held on for sixth ahead of
Brown, who had a pretty tough main event and lost a lot of ground to
Taddy in the championship after coming into this event in second. Keith
Sweeten, the youngster from Oregon finished ninth ahead of Destry Abbott
and Rory Sullivan, who is a very accomplished Motocross and Off Road
rider made his first main event after three years of trying finished
11th after a big crash in the rocks.

In
addition to the Expert class, EnduroCross events include Open Amateur,
Vet 35+ and TrialsCross classes. The top two finishers in each class
also earn a spot in the Vegas Grand Championship Finals for each
respective class. The Vet class was won by Todd Sciaqua over Kurt Nicoll
and Baja Legend Johnny Campbell. The Amateur class was won by Eric
Rhoten with Matt Crouch and Max Gerston rounding out the podium. The
TrialsCross class had an amazing finish with Andrew Oldar making a last
second pass on Mike Damm that ended with both of them crashing as they
crossed the finish line. Twelve year old Ty Cullins took third. 

GEICO AMA EnduroCross, Presented by Lucas Oil Ontario, California Expert Main Event Results

1. Taddy Blazusiak
2. Colton Haaker
3. Cody Webb
4. Kyle Redmond
5. Geoff Aaron
6. Justin Soule
7. Gary Sutherlin
8. Mike Brown
9. Keith Sweeten
10. Destry Abbott
11. Rory Sullivan

Denver, Colorado will be the next stop for the GEICO AMA EnduroCross series on Saturday, October 1^st. This is the home race for Geoff Aaron and the GEICO Honda rider won the event last year.

Tickets information is available at www.EnduroCross.com.

2011 GEICO AMA EnduroCross Schedule

EnduroCross
tracks incorporate various elements of extreme off road racing into a
supercross-style setting, including rocks, boulders, logs, sand, mud, a
water-hole…and even a few special obstacles like giant tires thrown in! 
Known as the “toughest racing on two wheels,” this indoor off road
racing will certainly keep you on your feet. Don’t miss your chance to
see GEICO AMA EnduroCross “Live”. ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC will combine to
telecast 25 hours of live X Games 17 competition, which will include
Enduro X. For the six remaining EnduroCross events, be sure to log-on to
www.motorsportshour.com for local air dates/times for the Lucas
Motorsports Hour on the Versus network. 

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For rules and race information visit www.EnduroCross.com or email endurocross@sorc.com.