Joshua Knight charged into Sunday morning’s second special test, a scenic course that took riders over a wooded ridge. Photography by Curtis Brandt
The Idaho City 100 was the second of two events making up the 2015 U.S. ISDE Qualifier Series; the Idaho event served as the western counterpart to the Newberg, West Virginia event held earlier in the month. Now in its 31st year, the Idaho City 100 was hosted by the Boise Ridge Riders and featured well over 100 miles of spectacular single-track each day. Saturday’s cloudy skies, which produced no more than a few drops of rain mid-afternoon, kept things relatively cool and meant the trails were dry but not too dusty. The clouds gave way to bright, sunny conditions on Sunday, literally heating up the action on day two.
Although the scores were very close, both days featured the same riders in the top three, in the same order. KTM-mounted E2 rider Joshua Knight, from Ogden, Utah, took the overall win, topping the charts both days. He was fast and consistent, topping three of five special tests on Saturday and four out of five on Sunday.
Morgan Hill, California resident Alex Dorsey piloted his KTM to a close-fought second place on both days, earning runner-up honors both in the overall, and in the E2 division. Reid Brown rounded out the podium with third overall. The Harrisburg, Oregon native topped the E3 class on both days of the Idaho City 100, piloting his KTM to third overall on both Saturday and Sunday.
Brian Garrahan made his return to the Idaho Qualifier, and in his first visit since he took the overall in 2010, the KTM-mounted rider carded fourth overall, third in the E2 division.
The class win in E1 went to Jubal Brown following a close battle with Dillon Sheppard. Brown piloted his Honda to a pair of second-place finishes over the weekend, while Dillon finished third on Saturday, and then topped the E1 standings on Sunday. In the end, Brown narrowly edged out Sheppard for the class overall by 14 seconds.
