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Nick Nelson
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Washougal, WA (6/18/2009) - Quad Magazine
Associate Editor Nick Nelson and his team finally
get the big "W" that has been eluding
them for nine long years. After the biggest display
of rule enforcement by Score International to
date, the 5A Suzuki QuadRacer R450 went from an
unofficial 3rd place finish to a solid 1st place,
finishing forty minutes ahead of the 2nd place
American Honda team of Wayne Matlock.
The 5A team was the only team in the Class
25 Premiere ATV class that did not receive penalties
for cutting the course or speeding on the highway.
Nick Nelson, Brandon Brown, and Josh Edwards
rode their nearly stock-motored QuadRacer R450
to a finish in 10 hours and 26 minutes.
“We had a near flawless day—our
Suzuki QuadRacer R450 ran solid from start to
the finish," said Quad Magazine's Nick
Nelson. "Every team member did their job;
no one crashed, broke anything, or did anything
outside the Score rulebook. Kenney Sanford of
S&S Motorsports did an excellent job prepping
our bike for this brutal race. Our Maxxis tires
with TireBalls performed flawlessly with no
flats allowing us to concentrate on merely gassing
and inspecting the machine in every pit. Our
CT exhaust powered, FOX/Walsh suspended Suzuki
just kept taking the abuse like we needed it
to. We are also extremely excited to deliver
Suzuki its first ever Pro win at any SCORE Baja
event!"
“We would love to thank our sponsors
and pit crew, who have stuck by us for a decade
worth of trying. Special thanks to Paulina Nelson,
Allen Knowles, Alberto “Chino” Wong,
Ron Edwards, Bill Nelson, Big Frank, Brad Aboltin,
Gabe Castillo, Kenney Sanford and Jason Greenhaw.
We’d also like to thank quadmagazine.com,
Suzuki, CT Racing, S&S Motorsports, Fox
Racing Shox, Walsh Racecraft, Precision Stabilizers,
Maxxis, Hyper Wheels, PWR , Blingstar Industries,
FASSTCO, K&N, Galfer, Spider Grips, PCI
Race Radios, UPP, Dobech, TireBalls, IMS Products,
PRM-ATV, Clarke, Moto X Nutrition, Trail Tech
and Klim Technical Gear.”
