2015
Terracross Championship
Round One
June 26, 2015
San Diego, California
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2015 Terracross Championship
Polaris RZR Racing
Mickey Thomas Takes Round
One Terracross Championship Wins
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Terracross
Championship
Pro RZR Racing
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San Diego, CA (6/27/2015) – Mystic
Lubricants / ATVriders.com Mickey Thomas won Round
One of the Terracross Championship Doubleheader
weekend at Del Mar Fairgrounds in California.
Cole Cottew finished second, ahead of defending
2014 TerraCross Champion, #1 Jason Luburgh. Colten
Moore and Cody Rahders rounded out the top five.
Round one of Terracross Racing will be telecast
on July 19 at 6 p.m. EDT on CBS Sports.
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2015 Terracross
championship - Round One - Pro Polaris
RZR Podium
Cole Cottew (2nd), Mickey Thomas (1st),
Jason Luburgh (3rd)
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The Del Mar Terracross Championship track was
unique, comprising a big double jump in the center
of a horse arena, a slick concrete section, as
well as the “Mystik Mangler” section that consisted
of half-buried tractor tires. In addition, several
cars suffered front differential failures during
qualifying, so the series decided to disable 4WD
for the Pro Main, so everyone would race in two-wheel
drive only, which made the course even more challenging.
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Walker Evans
Racing's RJ Anderson grabbed the Holeshot
in Round One followed by Cole Cottew &
Mickey Thomas
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Mickey Thomas and RJ Anderson battled from the
start with Anderson grabbing the holeshot and
early lead. Anderson cased a jump in the tire
section and hit a guardrail, handing the lead
to Cole Cottew, and after a few laps, Thomas was
able to take the lead, but it was far from over.
Thomas overcame several red flags to hold the
lead and take the eventual victory.
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Mystik Lubricant's
#44 Mickey Thomas leading the charge after
one of several restarts during the Pro
Polaris RZR Main Event
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“RJ was coming over the tires, hit a K-rail and
we were able to get around him,” said Mickey.
“Once we passed him, my nerves were getting to
me. I’d get a good lead and we’d get another red
flag. Then I’d build up another lead and they’d
wave another red flag. It definitely played with
my mind. I was glad to keep the car together and
come out with a win.”
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ATVriders.com's
#44 Mickey Thomas was able to hold off
#21 Cole Cottew to claim the Round One
Terracross Championship Win
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This marked Thomas’ first UTV victory of the
year. Thomas also competes in WORCS and SCORE
Series.
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ATVriders.com
#44 Mickey Thomas
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“We’ve had problems all season long,” said Thomas.
“We’ve just had a string of bad luck all season
in other series, so it’s huge to come out here,
run a clean race and get our first win of the
season. This is an extremely unique event. It’s
the largest UTV event out there. To come out here
and win this is huge to me and my sponsors, which
feels awesome.”
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