This was the first ever EnduroCross event in the Pacific Northwest and the riders put on an amazing show that kept the fans on their feet for most of the evening.  Taddy proved to be an animal on a motorcycle once again as he launched himself off the track immediately after taking the Girardi Wealth Management Holeshot award, which seemingly gave all of the other riders a chance to take the top spot on the podium and it appeared that Geoff Aaron was going to do just that.  But Taddy slowly closed in on the ten time Trials champion and took the lead on the seventh of ten laps.  Aaron put up a good fight but ultimately lost touch and settled for second ahead of Gary Sutherlin.  

The day started with the Pioneer Hot Laps, which puts the riders on the track one at a time to determine the gate picks for the evenings heat races and Geoff Aaron, the GEICO backed KTM rider set the fastest time.  Zip Ty Husqvarna backed Cory Graffunder took second followed by Blazusiak on the Factory KTM.  Aaron earned a $500 bonus from Rekluse clutch by being the fastest rider using their auto clutch.  

Aaron, Blazusiak and Graffunder were the heat race winners, which gave them the critical first picks on the starting gate.  After Blazusiak launched off the track and re-entered around mid-pack, it took him less than a lap to work through a lot of carnage and get back to second place but Aaron looked to already have a safe lead.  FMF KTM’s Mike Brown was holding third position and looked set for his first EnduroCross podium of the season but a trip over the bars on the seventh lap pushed him out of contention.  Gary Sutherlin, the Montana native that was Ricky Dietrich’s mechanic three years ago and decided to get back into racing himself has steadily qualified for all four main events this season and took a hard earned third place on the podium.  Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Justin Soule took fourth position ahead of Graffunder.  Lucas Oil backed Colton Haaker took sixth, Brown was seventh and Kyle Redmond was eighth.  Eighteen year old Keith Sweeten finished ninth ahead of Kevin Rookstool and Jamie Lanza.