Root River Racing Team Claims Several Wins at ATV SX
Root River Racing Daytona ATV SX Amateur Race Team Report

Root River Racing / Rage ATV’s Megan Manshack came on strong in the Women’s class of the Daytona ATV Supercross. Manshack charged her way from a second place start in the heat race to take the win. Manshack was determined to keep her winning momentum going in the main, and she grabbed the holeshot and led from start to finish for the first ever Women’s Daytona ATV SX win. “I can’t believe we are here in Daytona. This is the biggest and funnest race of my career so far. It’s a pretty amazing feeling to come out here and take the win,” said Manshack who will be focusing on racing the entire GNCC series and a few motocross races this year.

#1 Megan Manshack

Root River Racing’s Sam Rowe had a tough heat race in the Pro sport class, crashing in the second lap and finishing eleventh, but Rowe redeemed himself in the main. Rowe was in second off the start and waited for an opportunity to go for the lead. Rowe got his opportunity in lap three and went for the pass. Once out front, Rowe set a blistering pace and recorded the fastest lap time of the race in lap four with a time of 01:01.345. That speed allowed him to pull a ten second gap and take the Pro Sport win.

#38 Sam Rowe

#33 Tyler Mack charged his way to a 450 B class heat win. For the 450 B main, Mack was in third off the start and battled his way to the lead by the third lap. Once out front, Mack pulled a three second lead and took the win. Tyler Mack also had a successful race in the Production B class where he finished third in his heat race and claimed third in the main.

Noah Mickelson had a tough time in the Youth All Star heat race after crashing and had to go to the LCQ, which he won. In the Youth All Star main, Mickelson charged his way up from a fifth place start to finish in second place. In the Schoolboy Sr. class, Mickelson claimed the win in his heat race, and battled it out on the main for a second place finish.

#100 Noah Mickelson

Haedyn Mickelson had a good start to the day after coming up from a fifth place start to clinch the heat win in the 450 A class. Mickelson also put in a strong effort in the main and finished in fourth.

#135 Haedyn Mickelson

Dylan Tremellen stayed consistent and claimed a sixth place finish in the Pro-Sport class and finished seventh in the main.

#940 Dylan Tremellen

Johannah Vossman finished twelfth in the Youth Sport All Stars, and her brother, Tommy Vossman, wasn’t able to make the event after suffering an injury while training for the season. Finally, Alex Gillette is also still recovering from his surgery over the winter, but both Vossman and Gillette will be back in action before the end of the season.

#24 Johannah Vossman

The Root River Racing team will be heading to Echeconnee in Lizella, GA on March 21-22 for the first round of the 2015 Mt. Dew AMA ATV Motocross Championships where they will be going for the podium.