Press Release | November 15, 2016
The 2016 AMA EnduroCross Championship will wrap up inside the Citizens Business Bank Arena this weekend (November 18-19) in Ontario, California and Colton Haaker is on the verge of wrapping up his first title.
This is a press release from EnduroCross…
Irvine, CA (November 15, 2016) – The Husqvarna factory rider comes in with a 14-point lead over KTM’s Cody Webb and only needs a seventh-place finish to clinch it. Haaker has five wins and two second-place finishes so far in 2016, but EnduroCross obstacles make nothing a sure thing.
Webb, the two-time defending AMA EnduroCross Champion, has two wins, four seconds and one third-place finish so far in 2016 and will need to win to keep any hopes of a third Championship alive.
The battle for third position in the Championship is also very interesting as Husqvarna’s Mike Brown currently holds a five-point lead over 20-year-old Ty Tremaine, who rides for the RPM KTM team. Brown is a motorcycle-racing legend who refuses to give an inch, while Tremaine is proving to be one of the stars of the future.
Beta-backed Kyle Redmond and Max Gerston are currently fifth and sixth and still have a chance at third as well. Seventh is held by SRT KTM-backed Cory Graffunder. Trystan Hart and Noah Kepple are close behind holding eighth and ninth respectively and are also among the young riders mixing it up with the established stars. And speaking of established stars, GasGas-backed Geoff Aaron rounds out the top 10.
The EnduroCross Junior Championship within a championship recognizes riders that are 21 and under and Tremaine holds a solid lead in that battle. Canada’s Hart is second and followed closely by Kepple.
There is also a manufacturer’s championship on the line in Ontario and for the first time in several years, KTM is facing stiff competition from Husqvarna. The Manufacturer’s Championship counts the main-event points for the top-two finishers for each brand, and Husqvarna currently has a one-point lead over KTM, 289 to 288, respectively. And Beta is a solid third with 206 points.
In the Women’s class, Canada’s Shelby Turner holds an almost insurmountable 21-point lead coming into the finals. The KTM rider has six wins and one second-place finish so far in 2016 and should clinch her first EnduroCross title this weekend. Beta’s Morgan Tanke is currently in second and RPM KTM’s Rachel Gutish is third, but is out with an injury suffered at the ISDE.
The Open Amateur, Vet and TrialsCross classes will all be gunning for AMA Grand Championship number-one plates as the regional winners at all eight events (including the morning race in Ontario) face off in the evening main events. In the Vet class, former champion Kurt Nicholl will be attempting to take the number-one plate on the Alta Electric bike.
Don’t miss out on the action, you can get tickets at www.endurocross.com/buy-tickets. You can also get tickets at the following local Powersports retailers:
All eight rounds of the 2016 AMA EnduroCross series will air on the CBS Sports Network for the second consecutive year. For CBS Sports Network information, please visit www.cbssportsnetwork.com