FMF KTM Factory Racing’s Trystan Hart secured consecutive wins in front of sold-out crowds in Idaho Falls, gaining control of the 2025 AMA EnduroCross Series. After winning the overall in rounds two and three in Idaho, he became the new EnduroCross Pro class points leader.
Photos by Jack Jaxson
On Friday night, October 24, at Mountain America Center, the two-time defending champion, Hart, continued his strong performance that secured him P2 at the season opener in Prescott Valley a week earlier. He rode his KTM 350 XC-F to the second-fastest qualifying time in the Hot Lap session, clocking in at 35.374 seconds on the challenging indoor course.
Hart performed at his best for the rest of round two, navigating the circuit to secure his first overall win of the season with 2-1-1 results.
Night two saw the 28-year-old again claim P2 on the qualifying timesheets, then record 2-2-1 race results, which were enough to secure the win once more on Saturday night and take the lead in the EnduroCross Championship.
Triumph’s Jonny Walker was the championship leader going into Idaho Falls after winning the opening round in Arizona. Walker battled Hart both nights, finishing second overall each time.
“The nerves, no matter how much I said they didn’t get to me, they obviously got to me last week,” Hart said. “I still got second last weekend, which I’m super proud of, and then on night one here, Jonny was fast. It’s going to be a tough series; you can see that nothing’s going to be easy about this one, but what I want to be able to do this year is not back down under pressure. I was tied going into the last one tonight after a slow start, but I pulled the holeshot and never looked back.”
Walker said, “I’m usually not that good here, so I’m happy to come away with two seconds this weekend.”
Hart added, “It’s tough. Jonny rides so well in Hot Laps, so keeping my head above water is hard. I just love competing. Times like this, I either perform like crap or perform like that—and I’m proud of tonight.”
After three rounds, Hart leads Walker by just three points.
Finishing on the podium Friday night was Kawasaki-mounted Cooper Abbott. “I was upset at myself for that seventh last week, and I knew I was a lot better than that,” Abbott said. “It’s not a win yet, but it’s a step in the right direction, and we’ll keep building off this.”
Abbott struggled a bit on Saturday, going 6-9-7 for sixth overall.
After finishing fifth on Friday night, Colton Haaker finished out the weekend on the podium on Saturday night, which included a second-place finish in race three. “It feels good to be up here,” Haaker said from the podium. “And it feels good to ride like myself again.”
Yamaha rider and former EnduroCross champ Cody Webb cracked the top five three times over the weekend, en route to 6-5 overalls.
In the championship, Hart leads with 72 points, followed by Walker with 69, LeBlond with 56, Haaker with 55 and Abbott with 51. Webb is sixth with 49 points.
The top Amateur in the championship is Marc Fernandez of Spain, who leads Idaho’s Anthony Johnson, 63-60. Fernandez topped Friday’s race but took second Saturday night after a thrilling battle with Johnson, who won by 3.3 seconds over the Spaniard.CN
2025 EnduroCross Rounds 2 & 3 Results
Round 2 (Top 10)
- Trystan Hart (KTM) 2-1-1
- Jonny Walker (Tri) 1-2-2
- Cooper Abbott (Kaw) 3-4-4
- Ryder LeBlond (Hus) 5-7-3
- Colton Haaker (Kaw) 4-3-9
- Cody Webb (Yam) 6-5-7
- Tim Apolle (Bet) 10-6-6
- Max Gerston (Bet) 9-9-8
- Braxton Hintze (Fan) 8-14-5
- Nick Thompson (KTM) 7-11-10
Round 3 (Top 10)
- Trystan Hart (KTM) 2-2-1
- Jonny Walker (Tri) 1-3-3
- Colton Haaker (Kaw) 3-4-2
- Ryder LeBlond (Hus) 4-1-4
- Cody Webb (Yam) 7-5-5
- Cooper Abbott (Kaw) 6-9-7
- Max Gerston (Bet) 5-6-11
- Braxton Hintze (Fan) 10-7-6
- Tim Apolle (Bet) 8-8-9
- Nick Thompson (KTM) 11-10-8
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