Record Turnout For Harvest Scramble presented by Vertex
The fifth round of the Hoosier Off-Road Border Battle XC series, presented by Klim, drew a record number of entries to the rolling hills of Southern Iowa, where the Des Moines Enduro Riders played host to the series finale Harvest Scramble.
In one of the most competitive battles of the season, Minnesota’s Nate Ferderer made a last lap pass on round three winner Tanner Whipple, to put an exclamation point on his 2020 Championship run. Whipple, of Colona, Illinois, grabbed the front row holeshot and led a three-rider charge for much of the race with Matt McDonald and 14 year-old Troy Horbaty in tow. Horbaty, who was racing 85s just one year ago, was making his first start in the AA class and finished an impressive fourth overall.
Ferderer, who was nearly last off the line of 18 of the Midwest’s best XC racers, quickly worked his Checkpoint Off-Road/Larsons Cycle Suzuki to fourth on the first lap. Heat and humidity became a key factor as the race wore on with temps hitting 89º and the three front-runners of Whipple, Ferderer and McDonald, all racing on minimal sleep after attending separate weddings in neighboring states the night before. Ferderer admitting to having to “go deep in the pain cave” to finally run down Whipple on the last lap.
AA Results
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1. Nate Ferderer
2. Tanner Whipple
3. Matt McDonald
4. Troy Horbaty
5. Ben Ward
6. Devon Jirik
7. Colt Converse
8. Wyatt Setterburg
9. Jamie Driskell
10. Dawson Driskell
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Minnesota SUZ
Illinois KTM
Illinois KTM
Manitoba HSQ
Iowa KTM
Minnesota KTM
Illinois HSQ
Iowa HON
Iowa YAM
Iowa HON
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SUZ
KTM
KTM
HSQ
KTM
KTM
HSQ
HON
YAM
HON
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Season Recap
5 races, 4 states
3 AA winners from 3 states
1426 total entries – 285 rider average
8 states and 2 provinces represented
$17,500 payout over 5 rounds
$3,530 year-end AA payout
$17,650 year-end amateur awards