28.08.2016

Cody Webb and Taddy Blazusiak Score Podium Finishes at Georgia EnduroCross

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Factory KTM riders Cody Webb and Taddy Blazusiak began their 2016 championship quest with a pair of podium finishes at the opening round of the AMA EnduroCross Series.

DULUTH, Ga. – The eight-round AMA EnduroCross Championship kicked off on Saturday inside Georgia’s Infinite Energy Arena where factory KTM riders Cody Webb and Taddy Blazusiak began their championship quest with a pair of podium finishes at the opening round.

FMF KTM Factory Racing Team’s Cody Webb kicked off the day by setting the fastest seeding hot lap, as his European factory KTM teammate Taddy Blazusiak turned the second fastest lap. Both Webb and Blazusiak went on to win their respective heat races, which earned them each a valuable championship point.

Blazusiak grabbed the holeshot and the early lead in the EX Pro Feature with Colton Haaker all over him on the opening lap. Haaker eventually made the pass and soon it was Blazusiak and Webb who found themselves battling for the 2nd place position.

Webb followed intently behind Blazusiak in the 3rd place position as the defending AMA EnduroCross Champion waited for an opportune time to make the pass. Blazusiak made a mistake and Webb capitalized to move into the 2nd place position behind Haaker. From there, Webb charged ahead to close the gap on the leader to less than 3.5 seconds at the end of the race.

“I felt great on the Atlanta track all day,” Webb commented. “I had consistent and strong lap times on the faster and simpler track than normal and was hoping to start the season off with a bang. I won the heat and rode nearly perfect in the Main but couldn’t get it done. I felt awesome on the bike, though, and I’m motivated for next weekend in South Dakota!”

Blazusiak battled back from as far as 4th place to maintain a podium-position at the end of racing. The five-time AMA Endurocross Champion makes his return back to racing in the U.S. after sitting out of the entire 2015 EX season.

Next Event: Brandon, South Dakota – Sept. 3, 2016

EX Pro Feature Results

  1. Colton Haaker
  2. Cody Webb – KTM
  3. Taddy Blazusiak – KTM
  4. Max Gerston
  5. Mike Brown
  6. Kyle Redmond
  7. Ty Tremaine – KTM
  8. Geoff Aaron
  9. Cory Graffunder – KTM
  10. Noah Kepple – KTM
  11. Wally Palmer
  12. Mason Ottersberg – KTM
  13. Nick Thompson – KTM

 

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