After riding nearly 1,000 miles of trail over six days and competing against the best off-road motorcycle riders in the world, the U.S. World Trophy Team earned its place on the podium, finishing third at the 86th International Six Days Enduro in Kotka-Hamina, Finland.

Led by the E2 class-winning effort of Kurt Caselli, the team overcame adverse weather conditions, extremely challenging trail sections and special tests, mechanical gremlins, and the toughest off-road competition in the world in one of the toughest Six Days in recent history. The World Trophy Team also included Destry Abbott, Russell Bobbitt, Jimmy Jarrett, Nathan Kanney and Colton Udall.

The U.S. Junior Team finished fourth, missing the ISDE podium by one position. This year’s Junior Team included Ian Blythe, Cody Schafer, Andrew DeLong and Cory Buttrick. Efforts were hampered by a mechanical failure that put Buttrick on the sidelines at the end of Day Five.

A Day One injury to U.S. Women’s World Cup rider Nicole Bradford, a mechanical failure by Mandi Mastin, and Kerrie Swartz houring out kept the women’s team out of contention for a return trip to the podium.

The top-finishing U.S. three-rider club team was the GoFasters.com team, made up of Greg Gillian, Brent Martell and Max Gerston. The team finished 16th. All five of the U.S. club teams finished 22nd or better out of the 63 teams that started the event. Another notable accomplishment among club riders was Jeff Fredette’s 31st ISDE finish, extending the 53-year-old’s perfect record.

The American Motorcyclist Association congratulates and thanks all the AMA members who contributed as competitors or support crew at the 2011 ISDE.

Photos by Steve Berknerberkyboy.smugmug.com

TROPHY TEAMS

World Trophy Team (Bruce Wakeley, manager)

40 Colton Udall SILVER

41 Destry Abbott GOLD

42 Russell Bobbitt GOLD

43 Jimmy Jarrett GOLD

44 Kurt Caselli GOLD

45 Nathan Kanney GOLD

Junior Trophy Team(Dennis Buttrick, manager)

46 Ian Blythe BRONZE

47 Cory Buttrick DNF

48 Andrew DeLong SILVER

49 Cody Schafer SILVER

Women’s Trophy Team(Dave Chamberlain, manager)

302 Nicole Bradford DNF

402 Amanda Mastin DNF

502 Kerrie Swartz DNF

CLUB TEAMS

GO FASTERS.COM(Steve Berkner, manager)

335 Greg Gillian BRONZE

435 Max Gerston SILVER

535 Brent Martell BRONZE

Tony Agonis Memorial Team(Bob Agonis, manager)

312 Fred Hoess GOLD

412 Robert Heinzerling BRONZE

512 Glenn Scherer BRONZE

Missouri Mudders(Jay Hall, manager)

357 JD Friebel FINISH WITH NO MEDAL

457 Ben Smith BRONZE

557 Caleb Wohletz SILVER

Carter Engineering(Tom Carter, manager)

362 Chase Bishop BRONZE

462 Bryan Petty BRONZE

562 Michael Sanders BRONZE

JAFMAR Racing(Laura Claypoole, manager)

348 Dennis Decker FINISH WITH

NO MEDAL

448 Jeff Fredette BRONZE

548 Jarrko (Jake) Vainio BRONZE

Pre-RiderBrian Hasslen

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