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Team IXCR
Racing Honda 450R ATV
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Indianapolis, IN (3/1/2007) -
Welcome back boy and girls!!!! It's been a long
time since we all met up in the parking lot to
talk some smack to our buddies about how fast
you think you are. And February 24th marked the
first round of the Indiana Cross Country racing
series. We knew weather would be up in the air
for this race but wanted to give everyone the
chance to get ready for the upcoming season. As
expected it got cold the week of the race and
made us wonder if we had made the right decision
or not. But the racers didn't let us down! Apparently
the quad guys had a serious case of cabin fever
as we had over 180 entries for the four wheeled
freaks! In the two wheeled world we had just over
thirty who decided to brave the 7.5 mile ice and
snow covered course.
Donald Ockerman showed that moving over to a GT
Thunder backed Yamaha is the way to go for him
as he took the overall win and the Pro class Victory.
Parker Jones was Second on the day and showed
he is ready for the upcoming GNCC season. Josh
Beavers rounds out the podium for the quads. The
leaders on the day all did seven laps at a blistering
pace as this was a fairly open course where you
could really open your machine up.
Michael Coker of IL showed he wasn't afraid
to hang it out as he took the A Class win. With
a name like Ty Ramsey you better be fast and
he showed the 16-25 B Class the he means business
this year. Last fall a new quad was introduced
to the industry from a company called KTM and
the Gy are no stranger to the off-road world.
Chad Cockrell and Rocket Ron Elmore showed the
quads are race ready as they took the wins in
both the 26+ B Class and Vet 30+ classes. Justin
Kirchhoff took his Honda to the front in the
16-21 C Class along with Matt Williams in the
22-29 C Class.
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With over
6 times as many ATV Riders than Dirtbikers,
the IXCR had their highest ATV attendence
ever.
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Mike Muskopf won the 30+C Class and I have
to get a shout out to someone else in this class.
We get all kinds of requests to have this or
that at different tracks and we try to take
the racers desires and put them in the tracks
somehow. Well, I was down at Dreyer Honda South
(the presenting sponsor of the IXCR Series)
back in early February and someone said let's
have a really fast track where you can just
really go. Well, we took that and ran with it
on this course so I thought Bill Westrick would
be a happy camper as this was his request. As
it turns out Bill had motor problems on his
450 and decided he couldn't just sit at home
for round one so he loaded up his wife's 250ex
and came out and raced. He seemed to be having
a great time even though he didn't have the
power to motor past his competitors.
In the First year racer class Jake Humpery
won along with Jason Vanpatten and Austin Johnson
in the sport and sport-lites classes. BT100
Barry Taylor showed all the young punks that
the old man still has it in the SR 40+ Class
aboard the Suzuki. Jay Dee Parker was the victor
in the Utility class and Chris Sigman won the
Utility Unlimited class. We hope everyone had
a great time and look forward to seeing you
at round two on April 20th where we will be
at the Lawrence County Off Road Park.
Until next time, stay between the trees!
About Indiana XC
Racing
Indiana XC Racing was formed
in 2007 to offer Indiana and surrounding state's
cross country racers a fun, safe, competitive
race environment. With races located across
central Indiana, IXCR brings in a variety of
racers at all levels. More information regarding
IXCR can be found at http://www.ixcr.com
www.IXCRacing.com
5348 Victory Dr. Suite
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Indianapolis, In. 46203
(317) 353-6650 - 317 Graphics
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