Saint Croix Falls, WI (5/16/2017)
– Bikeman Performance / rOtation Motorsports
is ready to bounce back from bad luck experienced
in the season opener of the TORC Off Road
Championship. The doubleheader event was held
at the Dirt Track at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet,
IL.
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Bikeman Performance TORC Pro UTV Race
Team (left to right)
Jason Luburgh, Treavis Poynter, Mitch
Guthrie Jr, Brad Seavers
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Jason Luburgh carried the Bikeman Polaris
banner high during the weekend, running both
the Pro Modified and Pro Stock classes. He
recorded a top five and a top ten in Pro Modified,
but mechanical gremlins slowed him in Pro
Stock.
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Jason
Luburgh is racing both the Pro Mod &
Pro Stock Classes |
“Bikeman has really stepped up this year,”
said Luburgh. “We just have to show it on
the track. We’re just working out some bugs
and that’s racing. The odds are not in my
favor this weekend, but my Polaris worked
great. We’ll just continue to make it better.”
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Jason
Luburgh took 5th & 6th Place finishes
in the TORC Pro Stock Class at the season
opener in the Polaris RZR |
Mitch Guthrie, Jr. made his TORC debut here,
filling in for the injured Colten Moore. Guthrie
qualified fourth on day two, but stalled while
running in the top five and then blew a belt.
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Mitch
Guthrie jr is filling in for the injuried
Colten Moore at the TORC Series |
“This is definitely not the day we wanted,
but I’m happy to be out here with the Bikeman
Polaris team,” said Guthrie Jr. “I am really
pumped to have the opportunity to race TORC.
There is definitely a different vibe here
with really cool and down-to-earth people.
We’re planning to do some more races while
Colten is healing.”
Crash Addict’s Treavis Poynter took the lead
at the start of Saturday Pro Modified race
but had a mechanical issue slow his charge.
He rebounded to finish eighth in Sunday’s
race.
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Addict's Treavis Poynter is the TORC
Pro Mod UTVdefending champion in the
Polaris RZR XP Turbo |
“The car was running great, but I had a mechanical
issue of some sort,” said Poynter. “Once the
track came around, I could drive the car a
lot harder, but there was something wrong
in the throttle position sensor because it
wouldn’t go to full throttle. It was just
little gremlins, but we have four weeks before
the next round and we will be ready by then.”
Colten Moore was here to support his team
from the sidelines. He is recovering from
a spinal cord injury suffered at Winter X
Games while attempting a double back flip
on a snowmobile.
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| Colten
Moore is still recovering from his hard
landing at the Winter X Games, so it
is unknown when he will be returning
to racing |
“I’m not able to get in the car yet, but
I wanted to come out here and support the
team,” said Moore. “It’s cool to see Mitch
Jr out there representing me in the car. We
had a little bad luck, but that’s OK. The
Bikeman team is strong this year. My recovery
is going well. I’m a really impatient person,
so I think it’s going slow, but the doctors
say I’m coming along great. I have to give
my back some time so I don’t re-injure it.”
Team owner Jimmy Krantz took the difficult
weekend with a grain of salt. Ever the professional,
he knows the team will rebound.
“We have a little work to do moving forward,”
said Krantz. “We have to get through the bugs,
for sure. It seems like four out of the six
are perfect. We had a good run with Jason
going from 12th to fifth on Saturday and I
gave him a high five for that. But, we’re
proud of our team driver Drew Schultz for
pulling off a 3rd in Pro Mod in the end! He
drove a great race with patience and ended
up on the box!”
“Polaris treats us really well,” added Krantz.
“They make great power and by the next round
we’ll definitely get back to the drawing board
to get the cars dialed in. Lack of track time
hurt us this round.”
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| Colten
Moore is still recovering from his hard
landing at the Winter X Games, so it
is unknown when he will be returning
to racing |
Bikeman’s Kicker Audio P.A. system rocked
the pits during the weekend. Everyone in attendance
appreciated the tunes during the event. “Kicker
gave us some great sound this weekend,” said
Krantz. “Everyone around us was stoked.”
The Bikeman Performance/rOtation Motorsports
team will look to move back up the charts
as the TORC Championship heads to its home
state of Minnesota for the next race at ERX
Motorpark in Elk River. That race is scheduled
for June 10-11.
Thank you to the
Bikeman Performance / rOtation Motorsports
Sponsors:
Polaris Industriesj, Crash Addict Industries,
Mystik Lubricants, Kicker Audio, GBC Motorsports,
DWT Racing Wheels, Rugged Radios, Fly Racing,
Lonestar Racing, Blown Concepts, Hess Motorsports,
Wicked Bilt, Demon Powersports, Bully Dog
