Round 11: SORR Foggy Mountain Enduro

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Race Report: ECEA Enduro Series Round 11: SORR Foggy Mountain Enduro

Rider: Zack Huberty

Bike: MotoFIT KTM 200 XC

Result: A-200 1^st, 17^th Overall

Report:

            After feeling like I couldn’t put a section together at STER, I was hoping that I could put in a solid ride at Foggy Mountain.  Going into the race, I knew that the heat would be a factor, and I also debated using a knobby or a trials tire.  Prior to Foggy Mountain, I picked up a Specialized Hardrock 29er from Lee Rogers at Bicycle Therapy in Philadelphia.  It has been a goal of mine to buy a mountain bike this summer and start training more by mountain biking.  Lee was extremely knowledgeable about mountain bikes and walked me through everything on the bike.  He also introduced me to Hammer Nutrition products which I am going to look into as I want to start focusing on fueling my body the correct way.

            We left at 4am on Sunday morning and my Dad took care of all of pitting needs throughout the day.  Through the first two sections I suffered some small arm pump as I was holding on too tight to the bars.  Despite a crash within the first mile of the first section, I rode flawlessly the rest of the day.  I focused a lot more on trying to be more aggressive down straight-aways by riding the bike a little higher in the rpms.  The day was fairly uneventful as I just tried to focus on riding smooth and mistake free.  We made two small errors throughout the day when we checked into two sections later into our minute than I liked, but it didn’t hurt us that bad.  I rode along with Pete Wright most of the day who has consistently been a top 15 rider.  For the first time in a while, I stuck behind his wheel almost all day and even made a pass in the final section.

            At the end of the day, I was able to beat 2^nd place by 3 points and my closest competition by 6 points.  I am trying to keep my riding intensity and focus up throughout the races so that I can ride stronger.  This was also the first race I used my Tech Tube in a Bridgestone M404 and it worked awesome.  It is great to know that you don’t have to worry about a flat.  My MotoFIT KTM 200 worked excellent and the small jetting change I made seemed to work all around a lot better in the heat.  I have to say that my day was a lot less stressful since my dad was out there pitting for me, filling my camelback, and taking a look over my bike at times when I was resting.  In two weeks, I head to the Rattlesnake National Enduro where I will try to put in another solid ride.

I would like to thank the support of my family and friends, especially my dad for his race support, as well as my sponsors which are Johnny Limp at Torc1Racing, Drew Smith at WER Suspension, Tech Tube, Mike at MotoFIT, PowerSeal USA, Unabiker, FMF, Jerod Stoner at JS Designs for the jersey lettering, EKS Brand Goggles, P3, All Balls Racing, Sixsixone, Mika Metals, N-Style, Vertex Pistons, Fly Racing, DT-1 Filters, Motorex, Hinson Clutch Components, Acerbis, and Clockwork KTM.

A-200 Class Results

1) Zack Huberty (MotoFIT KTM) 17-408

2) Brad Gelwicks  (KTM) 20-399

3) Ron Decaro (KTM) 22-491

4) Steve Aretz (KTM) 23-525

5) Denny Mann (GAS) 33-722

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