Kyle Schafer.
is such an outstand-
the region and had a lot of trips overseas representing the
ing overall rider.
United States on the Trophy Team at the ISDE.
Having to follow in
15A- Dirk Hale. 2012
the footsteps of his
5th overall. To me, Dirk
older bro has got to
is like the Rocky Balboa
be tough, but I think
of the racing community.
it���s going to pay
Dirk is big and gnarly and
dividends in the
long run. I give Kyle about three more years and I think
Dirk Hale.
just man handles his bike
to get it to do what he
he���ll be the big dog in town.
wants. Dirk seems perpetually plagued by bad luck but al-
14A- Ron Schmelzle. 2012 3rd overall. He used to be
ways seems to overcome the adversity. Dirk has the speed
the badest dude in town be-
to finish higher overall, and has shown that in the past. If
fore he retired in 2009.
he can keep his KTM together and avoid the bad luck, it
Ron���s racing retirement
was short, but he didn���t
to see him jump up a cou-
lose any speed. Ron is still
ple spots overall.
fast as hell and never
16A- Travis Newbold.
makes mistakes. Last year
2012 did not race en-
Ron overall���d the only time
Ron Schmelzle
wouldn���t surprise me at all
duros. Travis was 5th
keeper on the schedule, and
overall a couple years ago,
was pretty much always
top 5 overall. Ron spent over a decade as the #1 rider in
Travis Newbold.
then decided to take a year
off from enduros. While he
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