2010 GBC Heartland Challenge Presented by SAFRS 10 Hour ATV Endurance Racing Carlisle, Iowa August 21, 2010

The GBC Heartland Challenge is held in Carlisle, IA, which is a suburb of the state capital, Des Moines, Iowa, and once again, the Heartland Challenge was held on the final weekend of Iowa State Fair, which is one of the largest in the country and attracts over 1 million visitors each year, and it is less than 20 minutes from the race track

Carlisle, Iowa, the permanent home of the Heartland Challenge saw heavy rains and flooding the week prior to the event and left crews scrambling to repair mud slides and damaged sections of the track before the weekend’s event. Luckily, with a little hard work and perseverance, repairs were made, along with a couple of small changes, and the track was ready to go.

The GT Thunder Team (Brandon Sommers, Donald Ockerman, Brian Wolf) kicked off the weekend of racing with the Milwaukee Pit Stop Challenge win on Friday afternoon with their race prepped LT80, before leaving for a "Mullet Pride" convention that night

A little rain fell again on Friday before the race, but hot temperatures and sunny skies began to dry things out nicely for Friday except for a few muddy parts back in the woods, that proved to be treacherous for some racers.

Heartland Challenge's Title Sponsor, GBC Motorsports, were on hand for the event to show off some off their new & existing tire products. GBC President, Randy Tsai, was also in attendance with his off-road ambulance, which can be utilized by the paramedics for assisting anyone injured at the event. Also, GBC showed off their new "Bomb Squad" ATV tires, which have the Bomb Squad & H-Bomb logo as the tread pattern & they are going to be available for purchase in the very near future
With an overall attendance increase for the 2010 Heartland Challenge, a line of vehicles streched down and around the hillside with 106 total race entries for the weekend