Driven Powersports’ Team Podiums
at Silver State 150
Don Higbee & Rick Cecco
Silver State 150 BITD Race Report
Casper, WY (10/4/2017) - Can-Am
Driven Powersports’ Don Higbee teamed up with
Rick Cecco and finished third in the Silver State
150. The race was the fifth round of Best in the
Desert Series and was held in the high desert
near Caliente, NV.
Riding a Can-Am Outlander 4X4 ATV in a class
usually dominated by sport quads, Higbee had originally
planned to compete in the SCORE race in Mexico,
while Cecco was going to run by himself in BITD.
While running just a minute out of the lead in
Mexico race, an unfortunate mechanical issue sidelined
Higbee’s efforts, so he headed to Nevada to ride
with Cecco.
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Driven
Powersport's Rick Cecco grabbed the holeshot
with the Can-Am Outlander |
“We showed up down there with a brand-new machine,
racing with Jeremy Gray and Jose Torres and had
a really unfortunate incident,” said Higbee. “A
rock came up, hit the water pump housing bolt,
snapped it off and drained all of the coolant
out of the bike. It was game over from there.
So we packed it up, headed to Caliente and put
in some seat time with Rick.”
The Can-Am was running some pretty “un”-utility
like speeds and was great in the many tight technical
sections of the course. Combined with Kenda Tires,
OMF Wheels, and Tire Spines, the quad ran flawlessly
all race.
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Kenda's
Don Higbee made the long drive up from Mexico
to race the final leg of the race |
“We’re pushing that Outlander to the limit and
we’re getting 90 mph out of that thing,” said
Higbee. “The Air Dam clutch setup works spectacular,
as always and we had zero belt issues. The combination
of OMF Wheels, Tire Spines and Kenda Tires has
been great for us all year. This is the first
year we haven’t had any tire issues.”
Cecco ran the first two thirds of the race, handing
over riding duties to Higbee in pit three. Cecco
lost time for good reason. He was lending a hand
to two fallen riders.
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Driven
Powersport's Rick Cecco & Don Higbee
rounded out the top three |
“I came across a rider that had completely flipped
over,” said Cecco. “So I stopped and helped them
up. It wasn’t too much longer that I came across
another rider that was down so I stopped to help
him. I had a lot of fun and I liked the track.
It had a lot of tight trails especially for a
desert race. The Can-Am worked perfectly and the
day worked out really well.”
Higbee is still in contention for the titles
in both SCORE and BITD. Though the points tightened
in both series, ever the competitor, Higbee is
eyeing winning out in both series.
“We’re excited for the last two races,” said
Higbee. “We have mathematical chance of winning
both the BITD and SCORE titles and we’re 100%
ready to go. We’re going there to win. We just
need a little good fortune.”
Higbee will return to the BITD Series October
19-22 for the Tonopah 250 in Tonopah, NV.
Driven Powersports
Racing 2017 Sponsors:
Can Am, Driven Powersports, Custom Axis, Tucker
Rocky, Dirtworks, Tire Spines, David Jesse Racing,
OMF, Dirtworks, Kenda, DP Brakes, Evans Coolant,
MSR, Arai, Team JDR, Airdam Clutches, Spider Graphix,
Cecco Racing
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