BEST
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Tempe, AZ (12/14/2015) -Pro
Motorsport’s brothers Matthew and Jeff Hancock
teamed up to take the 2016 Pro Quad Championship
in the Best in the Desert Series. The brothers
finished the season with a second place finish
at the Henderson 250, in Henderson, NV, to officially
wrap up the championship.
After going undefeated all season long, the
Hancock’s finished second place at the Henderson
250, but more importantly, they became the
Pro class champions. Although they were looking
for a win at the final round, Matthew Hancock
stayed positive, saying, “we came into the
race pretty excited, trying to sweep the series,
but we ended up getting second. We still won
the war, all we had to do was start this race
to win the pro championship.”
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Brothers
Matthew Hancock & Jeff Hancock finished
2nd at the BITD Henderson 250 to clinch
the 2015 BITD Pro Quad Championship |
The challenging course of the Henderson 250
combined with Mother Nature really pushed
the racers to their limits. The day started
out with temperatures around 23 degrees. Jeff
Hancock started the race with the first lap,
traded the quad off to his brother, Matthew,
for the second lap, and then wrapped up the
race by riding the third and final lap. “It
was pretty cold out. I thought it was going
to be all right but about two or three miles
in my hands started going numb and that was
definitely a factor,” stated Jeff Hancock.
Jeff handed off the Honda to Matthew for
the second lap, and they were about a minute
off the leader. Matthew wasn’t prepared for
the unusual cold weather, which kept him charging
at his normal race speed. “This year we went
through all the races with absolutely no problems
and that was huge. Our Maxxis tires and Tire
Blocks did not have one flat all year, which
is really impressive. It was pretty exciting
to get that championship with my brother,”
said Matt.
“Whenever Matt and I decided to race Parker
we just wanted to do the first race to see
how it went, and it went good for us so we
decided to keep going. I couldn’t ask for
a better year. Even though we did not get
the win at the last round, there is nothing
better than winning the championship with
my little brother and having the family support.
For me, coming out of retirement a couple
years ago I never thought this would happen
again. The new Elka suspension was amazing
and the bike was just flawless,” stated Jeff.
The Hancock brothers plan to return to the
Best in the Desert series in 2016 to defend
their championship.
Matt Hancock 2015
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