With a shortened course, it was in no time that the leader found his way back to the scoring area. From my vantage point, i could see riders as they diced in and out of trees across a large open marsh and the yellow DS of Sturdivant was no where to be seen! I figured he would be riding the wheels off the thing as he made up time, but it wasn;t looking good as the seconds ticked away. the leader ripped past me and was gone!
The laps were being run in the 12 to 15 minute range by most, and it looked like the track was really running in as the quads ripped apart the soft top layer of muck.
After the second lap, whatever had Sturdivant held up was a memory as he was riding in top form, cutting through lappers and surpassing the leaders overtaking the lead!
Back in the woods, the riders had some seriously rutted and whooped out track to contend with, and the hillclimbs were so slick you could barely walk up them!