Red Bull KTM Factory rider Taddy Blazusiak drew first blood by taking a dominating win at the opening round of the FIM SuperEnduro Championship Series held at Ergo Arena, in Gdansk, Poland. American Cody Webb was third overall behind fellow KTM rider David Knight, while FMF KTM Factory Racing Team rider Taylor Robert, finished sixth overall.
The race started with the top eight from qualifying turning a hot lap during the super pole sprints to see who would get top gate pick for the first main event. Red Bull KTM Factory rider Jonny Walker topped the board followed by fellow KTM riders Blazusiak and David Knight. Webb and Robert were fourth and fifth fastest.
In the first main event, Blazusiak and Walker crashed in the first corner and had to start at the back of the pack. In a remarkable charge, Blazusiak was able to move through the crowd and into the lead by the end of the six-minute plus one lap race, taking the win over Knight, Webb and Robert.
In the second main event, Blazusiak, Webb and Robert all had to start in reverse order from the first race, and therefore, had worse starts coming around the first lap in ninth, 10th and 12th respectively. Blazusiak made up the most ground and was in third by the next lap while Webb had climbed to seventh. In another two laps Blazusiak was already challenging for the lead. He passed for the lead through the water section and went on to pull a lead of over 20 seconds before crossing the line to secure the second win of the night. Webb and Robert both suffered crashes as they tried to get through the lappers and finished seventh and eighth in race two.
In the final main event, Blazusiak pulled the holeshot and led the entire race. His three race wins ended a perfect night for him and secured him the points lead heading to the next event. Webb had a decent final race and pressured for third place at the end but settled for fourth while Robert finished seventh.
“The track conditions were very different and I struggled and had some simple crashes which just hurt my overall results,” said Webb. “To come out with a third place result is actually pleasing after the day I had so I am happy to be on the podium.”
In the Junior division of the SuperEnduro Series, KTM rider Ty Tremaine secured all three race wins. The American rider turned heads in his first event winning each race by a large margin to take the overall victory.
Next Event: January 3, 2015 – Germany
Overall Results
1. Taddy Blazusiak (KTM)
2. David Knight (KTM)
3. Cody Webb (KTM)
4. Jonny Walker (KTM)
5. Alfredo Gomez (Hsq)
6. Taylor Robert (KTM)
7. Mario Roman (KTM)
8. Dani Gibert (GG)
