TRIALS TO HARD ENDURO
Knowing that there’s a serious crossover of skills between trials and hard enduro, GASGAS dreamed up the ultimate challenge to see just how close the two disciplines actually are. The plan is to take the top privateer finisher at the Scottish Six Days Trial and give that rider the full GASGAS Factory Racing treatment to take on the Red Bull Erzbergrodeo. And that’s exactly what they did with British trials ace Tom Minta, who reached Carl’s Diner and walked away with an incredible 28th place finish!
With around six weeks between the SSDT finishing and the Red Bull Erzbergrodeo starting, there wasn’t a tremendous amount of time for the competition winner Tom to become fully acquainted with his new EC 300. But after a few phone calls and messages exchanged between the Brit and GASGAS Factory Racing’s hard enduro legend Taddy Blazusiak, the 23-year-old from Shrewsbury, England, was quickly dialled in, up to speed, and ready to take on the toughest one-day hard enduro in the world. Tom was able to hold his own and battle his way around the world’s gnarliest motorcycle dirt track. By successfully reaching Carl’s Diner, he finished alongside some of the biggest names in the 2022 FIM Hard Enduro World Championship. Well done Tom Minta!