Taddy Blazusiak survives a brutal GEICO EnduroCross to win in Oklahoma!Geoff Aaron and Justin Soule rounded out the podium Oklahoma, OK (August 14, 2010) – Round two of the 2010 GEICO Powersports EnduroCross Series, presented by E3 Sparkplugs challenged the riders with a long, tough track combined with brutal heat and humidity. Red Bull KTM backed Taddy Blazusiak faced a serious challenge from Muscle Milk KTM backed Mike Brown who took the lead away from Taddy and looked like he was on track for his first EnduroCross win but ultimately gave up the lead and then tipped over in a very technical rock turn and finished 11th. The multi rider battle for second was taken by Geoff Aaron and the final spot on the podium went to Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Justin Soule. Geoff Aaron, the ten time National Trials champion got the day started by setting the fastest time during the Pioneer Hot Lap that determines the gate picks for the evenings heat races. The GEICO, Red Bull backed KTM rider also earned a $500 bonus from Rekluse clutch by being the fastest rider using their auto clutch. This was Aaron’s second consecutive fast lap and he topped Muscle Milk KTM’s Mike Brown and defending EnduroCross champion, Taddy Blazusiak. Blazusiak, Brown and Aaron were the heat race winners and earned the best gate picks for the main event. Then Blazusiak used that good gate pick to take the $750 Girardi Wealth management holeshot award. Mike Brown was on a mission and took the lead away and battled with Blazusiak for half of the race but then slowly lost touch and then a fall in a technical rock turn took him out of the podium spots. Geoff Aaron got a slow start but steadily moved through the field to take second away from Justin Soule, who held on for his first ever EnduroCross Podium. Cody Webb, the recently crowned U.S. Trials Champion won the battle for forth ahead of Zip Ty Husqvarna’s Cory Graffunder. Kevin Rookstool rode his RPM KTM to sixth position after showing the speed to run third early in the main event. Lucas Oil backed Colton Haaker finished seventh ahead of Gary Sutherlin, Ricky Dietrich and Kyle Redmond. Dietrich, the 2008 EnduroCross Champion twisted his shifter around his footpeg early in the main and had to stop to straighten it. Although Taddy controlled most of the main event, a few mistakes in the final laps, including a big endo made the victory uncertain and kept the large crowd on their feet all the way to the finish. In the support classes, Oklahoma’s own Guy Cooper won the Vet class in front of the partisan crowd. The former Motocross and Supercross star faced stiff competition from several riders but ultimately took the win. Zip Ty Husqvarna mounted Nick Burson won the open Amateur main event and Josh Nutsch won the TrialsCross class. The top three in the Amateur classes battled for $500 in the dash for cash and that was taken by Mathew Henderson who came all the way from California. 2010 Oklahoma EnduroCross Expert Class results:
- Taddy Blazusiak KTM
- Geoff Aaron Christini KTM
- Justin Soule Kawasaki
- Cody Webb Gas Gas
- Cory Graffunder Husqvarna
- Kevin Rookstool KTM
- Colton Haaker Kawasaki
- Gary Sutherlin Kawasaki
- Ricky Dietrich Kawasaki
- Kyle Redmond Kawasaki
- Mike Brown KTM
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