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AARON PLESSINGER
250 MX / 14TH
IMAGE / LANNAN WORDS / MATTINGLY DESIGN / TILLS
>> If you have one last trial at anything, it’s easy to be fatigued, and give a half-hearted effort. You are tired, the energy tanks are drained, and the mental focus is hard to sustain. Especially when you have numerous individuals sur- rounding you, eyeing the same goal as your own. However, Aaron Plessinger looks at it another way. He view the last round, in this case Ironman, as one fi- nal time of effort, one last sprint, and this time tomorrow, a time for the effort to be subsided. His riding style reflected this in the early going, as he was charg- ing so hard to get anyone in front of him, many fans were a bit puzzled, as the bike sounded as if it were on the verge of blowing up on spot. That was just his riding style, if the bike could give any last bit of horsepower, he was asking it do so, in order to claim another spot. He wanted the likes of Colt Nichols and Adam Cianciarulo to be overtaken, as he absolutely hauled down the start straightaway. And as the final corner came to his foreground, he knew he had captured the fourth place ride, and couldn’t wait for his second moto redemp- tion, after seeming running a solid pace despite the hiccup. With the gate fall of moto number two, his riding style was so aggressive, many didn’t think he could sustain the pace for the entire moto. Just behind Zach Osborne in the early going, he moved around Cianciarulo and would stalk the number 16. Marching forward as if he were bound and determined for a moto win, it was all he could do to sustain his original pace. The heart rate monitor was flash- ing with over-exertion, yet his throttle hand remained glued to the grip, when all the sudden he crossed the single before the mechanics area and went over the bars. Appearing very frustrated, he couldn’t regain his original composure, and would go on to finish 40th, for a 14th overall.
64 GRITMOTO • AUGUST 27, 2017