St. Croix Falls, WI (8/27/2015)
- Andy Ives’ lead a large team of Bikeman Performance
/ rOtation Motorsports Polaris RZRs in Friday’s
four-hour UTV race at the eighth annual GBC
Heartland Challenge in Carlisle, Iowa.
Ives raced a brand new 2016 Polaris RZR 1000
S for this event. The narrower 60” wide UTV
was pretty much bone stock, making his second-place
finish that much sweeter. Ives said the rough
conditions made for a challenging race.
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Bikeman
Performance / rOtation Motorsports'
Andy Ives takes 2nd overall in the
new 2016 Polaris RZR 1000 S at GBC
Heartland Challenge
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“Traction was really the key today,” said
Ives. “The ruts were getting really bad late
in the race. This is probably the roughest
this track has been. My co-driver Dan was
telling me to slow down a little bit. I tried,
but it was really brutal and I want to thank
him for getting sick. We both got a little
bit worn out toward the end.”
Ives said a lot of credit goes to his new
Polaris. “The ruts were really getting gnarly
at the end; they were so deep tree roots were
showing,” said Ives, “but this RZR is super
durable. We only came into the pits to get
fuel. We had no other problems. So that’s
really a testament to how great the RZR is.
A lot of people were crashing and getting
stuck. We didn’t have those problems today.”
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Bikeman
Performance / rOtation Motorsports'
Andy Ives
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The Bikeman Performance / rOtation Motorsports
Team had several other RZRs in the field.
Ryan Springer took the holeshot at the beginning
event, but suffered a mechanical failure on
the first lap. Fellow GNCC driver Jordy Reed
also ran in the top five for most of the race
before also falling back with mechanical problems.
The Bikeman Performance / rOtation Motorsports
Team returns to GNCC UTV competition at Powerline
Park in Ohio on October 17-18 where the team
will look to score a spot on the podium.
