Taddy Blazusiak Takes Indianapolis EnduroCross Win

Mike Brown and Justin Soule round out the podium!

Indianapolis, IN (August 26, 2011) – The
2011 GEICO AMA EnduroCross series, presented by Lucas Oil kicked off
the Indianapolis MotoGP weekend on Friday night and KTM’s Taddy
Blazusiak maintained his perfect season with another win. Mike Brown,
his KTM teammate put up a great fight and led for a short time but then
made a mistake and handed the lead and eventual win to Blazusiak.
Monster Energy Kawasaki’s, Justin Soule fought through the pack to take
the final podium spot.

The
afternoon got started with the timed qualifying laps to determine the
gate picks for the heat races. FMF, KTM’s Brown set the fastest time
ahead of Beta’s Cody Webb and GEICO Honda’s Geoff Aaron. Blazusiak made a
mistake during his lap and finished with the seventh fastest time.

Blazusiak,
Webb and Aaron each won their heat races to take the best gate picks
for the main event. Wally Palmer and Baja champion Kendall Norman were
among the surprise non qualifiers for the main event.

Lucas
Oil backed Colton Haaker jumped to the front of the pack in the main
event and rode aggressively but Brown and Blazusiak pushed their way
past. Blazusiak then muscled his way ahead of Brown, who stayed close
for several laps but then slowly lost touch with the quick and
consistent EnduroCross ace. Haaker held third for several laps before
Webb moved in and took away the position. Then it was Soule who steadily
moved through the pack to pass Haaker for forth and then Webb on the
final lap to steal the final podium spot. Aaron had an off night for him
to finish sixth ahead of Gary Sutherlin, Bobby Prochnau, Rory Mead,
Taylor Robert and Kyle Redmond.

In
addition to the Expert class, EnduroCross events include 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 Dirt Bike magazine Associate
Editor, Adam Booth won ahead of Steve Leivan and Daryl Howell. ISDE
legend Jeff Fredette finished fourth and former NBA star Rik Smits
finished 8th. The Amateur class was won by Michael Williams over Caleb
Wohletz and Eric Rhoten. The TrialsCross class was won by Chase Harker
ahead of Chrostopher Zuroski and Michael Norris. The top three in each
amateur class face off in the Dirt Rider Dash for Cash and Eric Rhoten
took the win over Chase Harker and Matt Crouch.

The
GEICO AMA EnduroCross series will now go to California for a first time
event inside the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California on
Saturday, September 17th.

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.