Saint Croix Falls, WI (9/8/2017)
– Bikeman Performance / rOtation Motorsports
driver Jason Luburgh fought his way through
the field and won the Crandon World Cup Pro
Stock UTV race at Crandon International Off-Road
Raceway in Wisconsin. The Zanesville, OH driver
pocketed a $5,000 check for the hard-fought
victory.
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Bikeman
Performance / rOtation Motorsports driver
Jason Luburgh claimed the Crandon World
Cup Pro Stock UTV class win on Sunday |
Luburgh sat out Saturday’s TORC race at Crandon,
focusing all of his efforts on the Sunday
events. It worked. After some last-minute
clutching changes and running 30-inch GBC
Tires, Luburgh quickly moved into the top
five after the land rush start. He took second
on lap five after a hard charging battle.
On lap seven of the 12-lap event, he came
out of a physical three-car battle with the
lead. He held off several hard charges during
the final laps to notch the victory.
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GBC's
Jason Luburgh pulled away from the pack
on Sunday |
“We’ve really struggled in the stock class
this year, so we’ve just been playing with
stuff,” explained Luburgh. “We relaxed a little
and started really thinking outside the box.
We ran 30-inch GBC Tires today, which I’ve
never done before. We used it to gain a little
more top end and it worked. The change that
Jimmy made to the clutching was perfect for
the way the track developed today. It was
a nice track and he nailed it. It was a battle.
There was a lot of bumping and grinding, but
we all had fun.”
GBC Tires, Fox Shocks and a perfectly prepared
Polaris RZR were the key to his victory. The
competition was extremely even, making for
an exciting race, but also made the victory
that much sweeter.
“The GBC Tires really helped the car this
weekend,” said Luburgh. “Tires a huge deal
in this game so if you can really hit your
setup well, these are the kind of results
you get. The Fox Shocks were great. Really
everything on the car worked great.”
Jimmy Krantz hit the setup perfectly for
the track. A tacky racing line and a lighter
cushion made for a much more competitive race.
“We made a last-minute change to the clutching
that was pretty much a night-and-day difference,”
said Krantz.
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Jason Luburgh followed up his Pro Stock
UTV Win with the Holeshot in the Pro
Mod UTV class |
Luburgh demonstrated that acceleration in
the Pro Modified race, contested immediately
following his Pro Stock victory. Luburgh snagged
a huge holeshot at the start and looked well
on his way to a sweep. Unfortunately, a full-course
caution caused the car to experience heating
issues and he fell off about halfway through
the race.
“That’s the class I was really gunning for
this weekend,” said Luburgh. “I know the track
better from the stock race and I wanted to
win. I pulled the holeshot and felt like I
had a good lead. I was comfortable, but that
heat issue took me out of the game.”
Track officials believe it was the largest
crowd in the event’s history. Luburgh was
pumped to put on a spectacular show for the
60,000-plus fans.
“The crowd is amazing,” said Luburgh. “This
fall Crandon crowd was definitely the biggest
one I’ve seen. Everyone is so into racing
and it’s nice to see so many like-minded off-road
people in one spot.”
Luburgh’s teammate Treavis Poynter also looked
strong at the start of Saturday’s TORC Pro
Modified race. He took a massive holeshot
at the start of the race before mechanical
problem took him out of contention.
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Bikeman
Performance's Treavis Poynter grabbed
the Pro Mod UTV Holeshot on Saturday |
Colten Moore, still unable to drive do to
his spinal fusion which is still healing,
allowed his Rockstar Energy teammate, RJ Anderson,
to hop behind the wheel. RJ came from mid
pack to pull off an impressive 4th place finish.
“I ran into some of the Bikeman crew Saturday
morning and they joked that they had an extra
RZR,” said Anderson. “They ended up putting
one together for me from their parts car.
I qualified seventh in my group the first
time I drove it and it the car was really
fast. I started outside front row and I didn’t
get the best start. I slowly started picking
them off. A couple of guys crashed and a couple
of them broke. The next thing I knew I was
sitting in fourth place.”
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| RJ
Anderson finished an impressive 4th
place on Sunday in the Pro Mod UTV class |
Anderson remarked at the team’s professionalism
at being able to assemble a competitive car
in such a short time. “The guys at Bikeman
are awesome,” said Anderson. “I started talking
with Treavis and Jason about racing and Jimmy
said to go for it. I think it’s really cool
for them to trust me to drive their car.”
The Bikeman team is looking to finish out
the season strong as the TORC Series next
heads to ERX Motor Park in Elk River, MN.
The triple header season finale is scheduled
for September 22-24 at the purpose-built off-road
track.
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,
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