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BRANDON HARTRANFT
250 SX / 9TH
IMAGE / KILPATRICK
WORDS / SCHUBERT DESIGN / MOTOPLAYGROUND
>> Starting off the day Brandon Hartranft aboard his Cycle Trader/ Rock River Yamaha set himself up with a lap time of 56.5 giving him twelfth place in the timed qualifying session. Hartranft struggled coming out of the gate in main event number one getting off to a twenty second place start but was quickly able to put his name above three others
in the charts before the rst lap putting him into nineteenth place. Hartranft was getting into a grove and was putting in some consistent laps which gave him the opportunity to make a pass on Rockstar Energy/ Husqvarna Factory Racing rider Michael Mosiman
that he capitalized on putting him into eighteenth. Eventually Hartranft was done slowly creeping his way up the ladder and just took off passing the likes of Luke Renzland, Nick Gaines, Cameron McAdoo and Sean Cantrell to name a few, when all was said and done he worked his way up to a twelfth place nish. Hartranft came out of the gate into the second main event much quicker coming out of the rst turn in eighth place. Through rst lap havoc Brandon found himself back in a strong top ten where he settled in and started clicking off laps. The Cycle Trader/ Rock River Yamaha rider made sure every move he made counted checking off Rocky Mountain ATV/MC / KTM / WPS rider Anthony Rodri- guez putting himself into the the number nine ride. Continuing his momentum and focus onto the Troy Lee Designs/ Red Bull / KTM backed machine of Sean Cantrell Brandon Hartranft was able to make another successful pass for eighth place where he would see the checkers taking his Cycle Trader/ Rock River Yamaha into the top ten. For the third and nal main event for the triple crown Brandon Hartranft was in ninth place out of the gate. With Rockford Fosgate/ Ti Lube/ Honda backed rider Chris Blose in his sights Har- tranft was quickly able to put the pass on him and make it stick getting himself into eighth place, shortly after Monster Energy/ Pro Circuit Kawasaki rider Martin Davalos went down in the whoops giving Brandon Hartranft another position putting him into seventh place. Hartranft was quickly met with some unwelcome company from the Rockstar Energy/ Husqvarna Factory Racing machine of Zach Osborne which would set Hartranft back into eight followed by a resurgent James Decotis setting Brandon Hartranft with a ninth at the checkered ag as well as a ninth overall for the night.
50 GRITMOTO • MARCH 4, 2018