COTY SCHOCK - GRIT 242 250SX

GRIT-242 | 250 SX

With chances of precipitation lingering throughout the day, ClubMX Yamaha's Coty Schock was prepared for whatever variables were thrown his way as the green flag waved for qualification rounds. The track was immediately beginning to deteriorate, but he and his Yamaha machine were finding an optimal way to navigate...rounding various berms before offset rhythm lanes and triples of varying sizes, with no hesitation in throttle twisting. As the afternoon progressed, so too would his confidence - leading to a solid gate choice within the second heat, where he was established within a standing of fourth in the early going. There was little room for error when leaping through the combination of jumps with a large, rounded single toward the end - but he made sure to remain on a straightened path in the obstacles beforehand, throwing roost with substantial outburst of RPM's while Seth Hammaker hounded his rear wheel. Through the third and fourth lap(s), he managed to find an efficient pathway just off the center-line in the longest whoop/roller section - pinpointing a particular portion of surface at the end, and never deviating from it as his rear wheel relentlessly spun and skipped. As all concluded for this particular sprint, his eventual score of fourth (after losing a position to Hammaker, but passing Daxton Bennick in the closing moments) was hard-fought and well deserved. As riders dispersed from the line in the main event, he managed to capture a standing of eighth in the initial stages. Though Cameron McAdoo would lead the field around, it was evident that the fight for the latter half of the top-ten was of the smallest separations - and as he crossed atop the over/under jump, the command he placed on the chassis when digging into the corners thereafter portrayed urgency, rather than an idea of complacency. Through the first eight minutes or so, he and his Yamaha YZ250F would reside in a standing near seventh, (after passing Jeremy Martin)...while doing his best to put forth an ascending output of speed, and others questionably beginning to descend in part due to fatigue. Scrubbing his way atop the finish line obstacle with authority, with now roughly six minutes remaining on the clock, his riding style appeared to continuously exhibit an idea that moving forward was imperative - which was reiterated with countless instances of revving when weaving through the various switchback sections of the infield. Jumping onto straightaways from abrupt and unrecognizable singles, he would continuously clutch the powerful Yamaha engine all the way to the checkered flag...defending the sixth-place standing after passing Jalek Swoll on the eight lap and remaining unfazed by the opponents who raced behind him. Ahead of names like Swoll, Anstie, and Bennick at the line, Schock (again) proved that he was one of the top contenders in the 250cc East Coast SX division - finalized in the aforementioned sixth-place residency, as all was settled in Daytona.

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