| Yamaha riders Mark Burkhart, Grant Langston
and Nate Adams took home an impressive cache of medals at the X Games
13 in Los Angeles, California on Saturday, August 4. Burkhart claimed
the prestigious gold in the Super Moto competition aboard his Graves Motorsports
YZ450F, while Nate Adams earned silver in Moto X Freestyle aboard his
YZ250 and Grant Langston likewise took silver in the inaugural Moto X
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In the Super Moto
race, Burkhart started third behind Jeff Ward and David Pingree, then
passed Pingree on the eighth lap and set his sights on defending champion
Ward. Determined not to make any mistakes, he bided his time through the
hour-long race, got through the required pit stop for a rear tire and
fuel quickly, and finally passed Ward with two laps to go.
“The Graves Yamaha team and the guys in the pits did a great job
and my bike ran perfect for the entire hour,” he said. |
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In the Freestyle
competition, riders got 90 seconds apiece to impress the judges with a
fluid array of their best tricks.
Despite recent surgery to pin a broken index finger, in his final run
Adams turned in an amazing performance with six inverted tricks including
cliffhanger, lazy-boy and 360 back-flips. Despite his injury, Adams earned
the silver medal with a score of 93.60 to winner Adam Jones’ 94.40.
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In MotoX, Ricky
Carmichael took the holeshot with L&M Racing’s Chad Reed in
second and Langston in third.
Langston got by Reed around the halfway point, ultimately taking the silver
as Reed narrowly missed a bronze medal after battling with Kevin Windham.
“I was glad to see Grant on the podium and I’m looking forward
to next year’s Supercross season with him,” said Yamaha Factory
Team Manager Jim Perry. |
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