BLAST FROM THE PAST…MOTO…OFF-ROAD…PRODUCT
ROCKSTAR ENERGY HUSQVARNA’S QUINTANILLA STILL ON THE PACE AT DESERT CHALLENGE
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna factory rider Pablo Quintanilla cemented his position as a main contender In the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge in stage three on Tuesday to finish fourth in the stage and third overall.
With just two stages to go to complete what is the opening round of the 2016 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship, Quintanilla is still one of the top three potential winners and is locked in battle with the Tuesday’s two front-runners Toby Price of Australia and British rider Sam Sunderland.
THE JAMES STEWART CHRONICLES
Love ’em or hate him, James Stewart always keeps things interesting. Coming off of a 3-race layoff, he hung with Dungey in their heat race and showed excellent speed. He gated horribly in the main, worked his way up to 6th, set the fast lap (with Dungey, who was in clean air out front) and then had his bike suffer a very uncharacteristic electrical malfunction. James is back in action for Indy and the team is running their retro graphics. The big rumor with #7 is that he’s practicing with a spring Showa fork and like nearly every top racer, is fighting the air forks inherent lack of plushness. They take the big hit better, they stay up in the stroke under aggressive tactics but they don’t settle, are rattling the teeth out of the racers and hurt the cornering habits of the machines.
THINING ABOUT…
The Am Pro boys are paying tribute to Katherine Whibley, wife of former GNCC/OMA champion Paul, who passed recently from an auto accident.
GNCC SNAPS FROM STEELE CREEK
Ken Hill, the GNCC photographer does a superb job of covering all aspects of the GNCC experience. We’ve thrown together a smattering of his pics from North Carolina’s Steele Creek. Go to gnccracing.com for a full run of Ken’s photos.
USA ISDE TROPHY TEAMS ANNOUNCE GOLF FUNDRAISER AT SNOWSHOE MOUNTAIN RESORT
The USA ISDE Trophy Teams announce details and location for the third annual golf fundraiser at West Virginia’s Snowshoe Mountain Resort.
MURRIETA, Calif. – The USA ISDE Trophy Teams are excited to present the third annual golf tournament team fundraiser at Snowshoe Mountain Resort’s Raven Golf Club on Friday, June 24. This unique golf tournament will assist in the team’s efforts to represent USA at the 2016 running of the International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) in Navarra, Spain.
The golf tournament will begin with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. on Friday morning, and will run until approximately 3:30 p.m. Participants will get to play 18 holes of golf on a championship-caliber golf course, ranked the No. 2 public golf course in the state of West Virginia by GolfWeek Magazine. Many of the USA Trophy riders will be participating in this event, which provides a unique opportunity to spend time with some of the most talented off-road racers in the world.
Each team is made up of four players and space is limited, so get your team registered early by completing the online registration form. Individual participants are also welcome and will be assigned to a team at random. The cost is $100 per person, which includes a meal at the end of the round of golf.
All proceeds from the event will go directly to the USA ISDE Team to help fund the transportation of our athletes to this prestigious event. If you have questions about this event or would like to learn how to donate to the team, please contact events@ktmusa.com.
LACR MX GRAND PRIX IS THIS SUNDAY!!!
Saturday April 9th
Gates open at 8am
Open Practice 9am-2pm
Main, Vet, & Mini track
$25 per rider & $10 50cc PW’s
Overnight parking $10
Gates close at 7pm
Sunday April 10th
Gates open at 6:30am
LACR MX G.P. combining the Main & Vet track
Pee Wee & 110cc races on the Mini bike track
Gate fee $10 for Adults & $5 for kids (ages 6-12)
See attached G.P. schedule for race schedule!!!
Go to www.LACR.mx for our complete schedule.
701 SUPERMOTO ICE RIDING
Sylvain Goyet from France was the winner of the Husqvarna Motorcycles’ contest where he got to spend a day in Sweden riding on a frozen lake aboard the 701 SUPERMOTO Husky. According to Sylvain “Everything came naturally on the bike, it was easy to keep under control. Riding it on ice was a bit like riding on wet grass!”
Wow, sounds like a knee slapper to us!
RIDING WITH THE CHIEF…OF POLICE THAT IS!
This last weekend I had the good fortune to get a text from my riding buddy, Charlie Beck, and he wanted to go play in the desert. Chief Beck is the Los Angeles Chief of Police and oversees the third largest police department in the United States, managing 10,000 sworn officers and 3,000 civilian employees, encompassing an area of 473 square miles, a population of approximately 3.8 million people, and an annual budget that exceeds one billion dollars.
And he loves to ride. We snuck out to our playground, met up with my buddy Mental, Steve Hunter and Doug Varner. Charlie brought out his KTM 500EXC and we spent the day ‘Playing On Any Sunday’. What a hoot.
WOLF: BACK IN THE DAY