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2007 Third Annual
Stateline SuperMoto Challenge
Primm, Nevada
Buffalo Bills Resort & Casino

September 22-23, 2007



Stateline SuperMoto
Challenge - Links
Primm, NV (9/26/2007) – This weekend’s Stateline Challenge Supermoto was full of excitement with an abundance of racing action, live music, and freestyle performances by the Bomb Squad and Metal Mulisha. While pro racer Nic Granlund struggled through mechanical issues and a crash in the first heat, Daryl Rath, made a strong charge for the podium on his new Polaris Outlaw 525. Seizing the holeshot in the Pro Quad main event, Rath left the competition in the dust to take the win.
#67 Daryl Rath made the switch back to Polaris with the release of the new 2008 Outlaw 525S, and Rath returned to his winning ways as the KTM powered Outlaw kept Rath ahead of the competition in its SuperMoto debut
Despite heavy rain on Friday and Saturday, event promoter Marche Karger and his staff did an excellent job maintaining the track and keeping it from flooding. Even though there was a little bit of mud, most racers were glad to see that it had rained. The rain helped keep the dust down, which has been a problem at some previous races due to southern Nevada’s dry climate. “These guys did a fantastic job on the track.” Said Nic Granlund. “There was a little bit of flooding on Friday, but they got out there and took care of it right away and had it in almost perfect condition for Sunday.” Karger’s hard work and dedication to this event has definitely paid off for him. Karger made the announcement over the weekend that he recently signed a deal to run the Supermoto events at Buffalo Bill’s for the next three years.

#13 Frank Batista
There were 22 pro racers that showed up for this event, including Frank Batista, who worked his way to the front in heat one and looked like he would take the win until a slight bobble in the whoops section allowed Daryl Rath and Shawn Bigham to get by him. While Rath, Batista, and Bigham were battling it out in front, Nic Granlund, who was struggling with mechanical issues all weekend, collided with another racer in mid-air. “We came up the jump and we connected in the air and it sent me over the bars.” Recalled Granlund. “As soon as I got my bearings, I got back on the bike so I could finish the race and hopefully still get a decent gate position in the Pro main. At that point I didn’t know if I was hurt or not because my adrenaline was really pumping.” Luckily, no one was seriously injured.

Granlund’s injuries were minor and he was able to continue and finished the heat in last place. Unfortunately his quad didn’t fair quite as well. Granlund had been having power issues with his main race bike since the NASMOTO Supermoto Championship in Tennessee a couple of weeks earlier when he surrendered his championship title to Tim Farr. Nic tried to get his quad back up to speed using some spare parts from a fellow racer, but his efforts only partially paid off and the bike was still not up to par, so Granlund was running his practice bike during the heat race. However, after crashing, there was too much damage to the quad and Granlund had no choice but to run his problematic race bike in the main event.
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