Husqvarna and Redmond Close Out
EnduroCross Season On The Podium!
Factory Husqvarna racers finish
on a strong note in Las Vegas finale
Kyle Redmond (left)
celebrated his first podium of the season at the Las Vegas season finale. Photo:
Drew Ruiz
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Redmond put his extreme enduro
skills to work on what was the most technical track of the season, and was able
to fend off Geoff Aaron (4) for third place in the second main event. Photo:
Drew Ruiz
Cory Graffunder had another consistent night,
carding two seventh place finishes and earning fifth overall in the 2012 AMA
EnduroCross championship. Photo: Drew
Ruiz
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Corona, CA - November
19, 2012 - Kyle Redmond was able to ride his strong momentum to
a season-best finish at the Las Vegas finale of the GEICO AMA EnduroCross
series. The FMF/Stillwell Performance-backed rider was able to get his TXC310 on
the podium with a third place finish after battling tooth and nail down to the
last lap.
"I'm really happy to get the Husky up there on the podium,"
Redmond said. "It's a huge relief for me this year. It's a really great bike and
I'm so happy to be with Husqvarna and be on this team. I want to thank Husky for
sticking with me. They believed in me this year. The start of the season was not
very good - obviously I fractured my ankle so I was trying to catch up. These
last few rounds I felt good but I just haven't gotten the starts I needed. It
finally all came together tonight; I got the start and got through the
lappers."
Redmond's night started out at a disadvantage when he was
caught up in a crash on the first lap of the main. Fortunately for him there
were two main events at the double-header season finale, so Kyle had a second
chance, and thanks to an interesting starting technique, he got the start he
needed to battle for the podium. Rather than picking his own gate, Redmond opted
to line up on the second row, behind Taddy Blazusiak and Cody Webb (eventual
first and second place finishers). The tactic paid off and Redmond was able to
sneak in a top-five start.
"I was tired of being behind all the other
guys because I felt like they were messing me up in the rocks," Redmond said. "I
was running through the rocks as good as those two guys and I felt like I needed
to be up there and not have the rest of the field in my way. I just followed
Taddy and Cody and obviously got out to a good start."
Redmond's mastery
of the treacherous rock section helped him stay ahead of Geoff Aaron for the
final podium position. Aaron kept Redmond honest up until the last turn, but
Kyle was able to call on his hard enduro skills to tackle the boulder pile -
agreed to be the toughest section the EnduroCross series has ever
seen.
Cory Graffunder had a rough night, but hung tough and carded
consistent finishes in the Las Vegas main events. Graffunder was hoping to back
up his podium finish at the Boise EnduroCross round with another one, but had to
settle with two seventh-place finishes for the night.
"It wasn't what I
was hoping for, but that's EnduroCross for you," Graffunder said. "I had a lot
of fun out there tonight and I'm glad to finish out the season strong in the
points. I finished the championship fifth in points, which is pretty good. I
want to thank Husky and FMF and Stillwell Performance and all our sponsors this
year for such great support. We really put a great team together, and our
TXC310s were amazing this season.
"Kyle and I are really looking forward
to next year," Graffunder continued. "We learned a lot this year and we're going
to be even stronger next year. I can't wait to get on the new 2013 Red Head
TXC310R. It's going to be an incredible race bike."
For
more information on the entire 2013 Husqvarna line-up, please go to www.husqvarna-motorcyclesna.com. Head to your
nearest dealership to pick up a copy of the 2013 RiDE MORE Catalog, available
now!
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