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TORC Series: Win a Ride With Robby Gordon  The Traxxas TORC Series presented by AMSOIL is proud to announce that one lucky fan will have a chance to ride alongside off-road legend Robby Gordon in the Traxxas TORC Pace Truck. This ride of a lifetime will take place Labor Day weekend at the birthplace of short course off road, Crandon International Raceway in Crandon, Wis.
The contest winner will also have the opportunity to meet some of off-roads finest with a private tour of the pits, watch the race from the Monster Energy VIP Stage, and take home their very  own Traxxas R/C Slash- a replica of the Traxxas TORC Series pace truck that they will be riding in. The ten runners up will also receive a Traxxas R/C Slash. Visit http://www.torcseries.com/ through August 31st, 2009 to enter and win. Contest winners will be announced September 1st, 2009.
The Traxxas TORC Series presented by AMSOIL is the world's premier short course off road series. TORC drivers push the limits with 900 horsepower, action-packed fender pounding on challenging natural terrain racetracks. The 2009 season schedule includes stops in Texas, California, Nevada, Michigan, and Wisconsin. For more information on TORC please visit http://www.torcseries.com/. The Labor Day weekend race will air live on ABC on Sunday, September 6 at 5:00 P.M. EST. Until then, we'll see you at the races
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Pegrem Looks To Continue Win Streak, TORC on ESPN2 It will be a busy weekend for Team AMSOIL as sponsored race teams go after wins coast-to-coast, on air and even over seas. AMA Pro Road Racing Team AMSOIL road racer Larry Pegram is back in action this weekend at Virginia International Raceway for the Big Kahuna Nationals. Pegram will strive to duplicate his last race weekend, one  that saw him win pole position and both AMA Pro American Superbike races on his Ducati 1098R at Heartland Park Topeka in what was an incredible three days for the veteran racer. Pegram has emerged victorious three times in 2009 and his hot streak has seen him rise to third place in the series points.
"We're looking to carry the momentum from Kansas," said Pegram. "VIR is a nice track and the fans are great. It should be a good weekend for the team. The track is a fairly tight circuit and the layout has some good passing spots. We're hot right now and the way things are going, we feel we can do very well at all the tracks."
Qualifying will be held on Friday, with same-day coverage of both races (Saturday and Sunday) on Speed. AMSOIL is the Official Oil of AMA Pro Road Racing and the presenting sponsor of the Daytona Sportbike class.
Top AMSOIL amateur heads overseas
Fresh off his dominating week at the AMA Amateur Nationals presented by AMSOIL,  AMSOIL/Factory Connection motocrosser Eli Tomac is headed to New Zealand this weekend. Tomac, who destroyed the field at Loretta Lynn's Ranch by winning all six of his moto's and two more championships, will take part in the FIM Jr. World Championships in Taupo, New Zealand this weekend. Tomac is leading a strong U.S. team into the event.
K-Dub Returns
 Team AMSOIL motocross rider Kevin Windham will be making his 2009 outdoor debut. K-Dub will pilot his GEICO Powersports/AMSOIL/Honda at the Unadilla round of the AMA Motocross Championships in New York.
Windham, who finished fourth in the AMA Supercross series this winter, hasn't raced an outdoor national in two seasons, when he finished second overall. Racing takes place on Saturday August 15th with same-day television coverage on SPEED starting at 7:00 P.M. EST. Jottings... The AMA ATV Motocross Championship will take one step closer to crowning a champion this weekend in Walnut, Ill. AMSOIL is the Official Oil of the series. Team AMSOIL late model driver Brady Smith will compete at a World of Outlaws Late Model Series triple header this weekend at Grandview Speedway and Bedford Speedway in Pennsylvania and Hagerstown Speedway in Maryland. Until then, we'll see you at the races. |
AMSOIL Amateur Eli Tomac Topples Competition at Loretta's From a field of more than 20,000 hopefuls and nearly 1,400 riders who qualified for the national event at Loretta Lynn Ranch, champions in 34 classes were crowned after a week of racing at the Air Nautiques AMA Amateur Motocross Nationals presented by AMSOIL.
Leading the way was the top amateur from the AMSOIL/Factory Connection team, Eli Tomac.
The Colorado-born rider turned in a dominant performance, winning all six of his motos by large margins and taking the Schoolboy 2 and 250 B Modified classes. Tomacer also turned in the fastest lap time of the week. Although classified as a B (intermediate) rider, Tomac's lap times put him on par with the A (expert) level racers.
(Click for Racer X's Interview with Eli Tomac)
Three outstanding riders-each who claimed two championships-were honored with AMA specialty awards. Canidae Motosport.com Kawasaki's Dean Wilson, of Canada, claimed the coveted AMA Horizon Award after claiming the 450 A/Pro Sport Title and the 250 A Title and winning five of his six motos during the week. Kawasaki Team Green's Zach Bell was named AMA Youth Rider of the Year for claiming the Supermini 1 and Supermini 2 crowns. The Georgia-based rider also won five of his six motos. And Yamaha legend Doug  Dubach, a Californian, was named Vet Rider of the Year for sweeping all six of his motos and claiming both the Plus 40 and Plus 45 Championships.
Wilson took two of the A class titles, with Monster Energy Team Green Kawasaki rider Blake Baggett, of California, delivering the 250 A Pro Sport title. Baggett was plagued with bad starts when matched against Wilson in the 250 A class and had to settle for third in that class, behind Honda of Houston backed Taylor Futrell. In the 450 A class, Suzuki's Justin Weeks bought three moto wins back to his Cincinnati, Ohio, home. Kawasaki's Malcolm Stewart, younger brother of Monster Energy AMA Supercross Champion James Stewart, took second behind Weeks in each moto. Stewart also placed second overall in the Open Four-Stroke Class, which saw Alabama's Heath Harrison roll to a championship.
(Watch MX SportsCenter videos from the AMA Amatuer Nationals)
Other A class favorites struggled, such as KTM's Jason Anderson, who saw his title hopes eliminated in his first two motos of the week due to crashes and mechanical troubles.
After Tomac cleaned up in the 250 B Mod class, California's Michael Lieb won the 250 B stock title in one of the most dramatic races of the week. Lieb won the first two motos, but went down in a first-turn crash in the third moto. His clutch perch broken, and riding in pain, Lieb managed to dig down for a 14th-place finish in the third moto, still enough to edge Ireland's Edward Allingham and Lance Vincent, who went 4-13-1 in his races. Florida's Justin Starling won the 450 B stock class, and Gannon Audette won 450 B Mod, both on Suzukis. Yamaha rider Bryce Valle finished second in both classes.
Tomac took the Schoolboy 2 class for 250 four-strokes, while Kawasaki's Jacob Hayes won the Schoolboy 1 class for 125 two-strokes. Hayes survived the best moto of the week, as the final moto in that class featured a four-rider duel including Kyle Peters, Brad Frace and Joey Savatgy that went down to the final corner.
The C classes were topped by Washington's Conner Elliot (250 C stock), New Jersey's Jesse Pierce (250 C Mod) and Oklahoma's Blake Barnes (450 C Mod).Bell won both Supermini classes over Suzuki rider Jeremy Martin, of Millville, Minn. The coveted 85 (12-13) stock and mod classes featured a dramatic showdown between future pro superstars, with much-heralded Monster Energy Kawasaki pilot Adam Cianciarulo winning both titles. It wasn't easy on the 12-year-old Florida native, though. He overcame a challenge from Alabama's Thomas Covington to win the Stock class, but was sitting fourth overall in the Mod division heading into the third moto. Cianciarulo grabbed the holeshot and won the third moto, and improbably, his competitors ran into trouble. Yamaha's rider Matt Biscelia and Suzuki's Jesse Masterpool came into the moto tied for the overall lead. Biscelia crashed, but came back through to challenge Masterpool for second. They tangled and found their bikes locked together, and after taking over a lap to get unhooked, Cianciarulo had the title in his hands in dramatic fashion.
In the 85 (9-11) classes, KTM's Alexander Frye turned in a strong last-moto charge to top Kawasaki Blake Green for the title, but Green came back to win the Zach Bell's younger brother Chase delivered in the stock class to claim a title there. In the 65 classes, Zach Bell's younger brother Chase won the 65 (10-11) Stock title, with Canada's Kade Walker winning the 65 (7-11) Modified class. California's Sean Cantrell won a close fight with Michael Mosiman to win the 65 (7-9) stock class.
The Vet classes were dominated by Dubach and Massachusett's Keith Johnson, who won the Plus 25 and Plus 35 classes for the second-straight year on his Kawasaki. Kawasaki's Matt Tedder won the 50 plus class, which had returned to the event this year, over Honda rider Craig Pickett. Mississippi's Glen Myatt won the 30 B/C class.
The Women's class usually delivers some of the best racing of the event, and this year was no exception. California's Alexah Pearson held a big points lead with 1-3 moto scores, but she crashed on the first lap of the third moto. She charged back to 11th, but it wasn't enough to stop Texas' Shelbie Brittain from claiming the title with 3-6-3 scores. Kawasaki's Sarah Price, who finished second in the class last year, took the runner up result again, going 11-1-1 after crashing in a muddy first moto.
Utah's Amanda Mahue avoided such drama in the Girls (11-15) class, winning all three motos.The 51cc classes went to Cobra's Stilez Robertson in AMA Class 1 Stock (4-6) and Jordan Bailey in AMA Class 2 Stock (7-8), and Vance Stiers in the Stock Shaft Drive class on a Yamaha.
As always, the event featured plenty of activity off the track, living up to the reputation as "The World's Greatest Motocross Vacation."
Full results from each class are available via this link from www.mxsports.com
Until then, we'll see you at the races. |
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