Bolt-Action SuperEnduro Shotgun!

There’s no stopping the irrepressible Billy Bolt, it seems – not when it comes to defending his FIM SuperEnduro World Championship title, anyway. Backing up his dominant showing at the German round of the SuperEnduro Championship a month ago, the Husky-mounted Brit won last weekend’s Round 3 in Hungary; a win that gives the reigning champ a hat trick of consecutive victories. Here is Husqvarna Factory Racing’s insight into Bolt’s memorable clean sweep in Budapest…

RACE 1

Dominating the evening’s SuperPole by almost one and a half seconds on his FE350, Billy Bolt was keen to make good on that momentum when the start gate dropped for race one. Exiting the first corner in second position, a hectic lap one saw him slip back to third. Recomposing himself, he went on the attack and by the end of lap two had taken over the lead. Once out front, Bolt pulled clear to eventually claim victory by three seconds.

RACE 2

With the start order reversed for race two, Bolt cut his way through the field to reach third position on lap one. After a couple of exchanges, he took the lead on lap three and quickly opened up a healthy advantage. Looking set to claim a convincing win, drama unfolded when he got his front wheel lodged in the rock garden with three laps to go. Dropping to second, he put in maximum effort to reel leader Cody Webb back in and take his second victory of the night.

RACE 3

Setting his sights on a clean sweep in Budapest, Bolt emerged from the second corner of race three in third. Quickly moving into the lead, Billy was determined to do no wrong this time and set about checking out. Executing precision laps on his FE350 saw the Brit build a commanding lead to cross the chequered flag over 20 seconds clear of his rivals.

With maximum points gained on the night – thanks to his three race wins and SuperPole victory – Billy now heads to Round 4 in Israel on March 2 with a 26-point championship lead.

Billy Bolt: “With three wins and topping SuperPole, it was a great night at the office. I knew my speed was good from the off, but in the first two races I seemed to keep tripping myself up. I would get into the lead and then just make a mistake or judge the lapped traffic wrong. Thankfully I was able to recover each time, but I really wanted to do better. I feel like race three was my best of the night. Mistakes were minimal and I was able to ride my lines with confidence. It was a great way to end the night!”