2016
Terracross Championship
Round One
September 11, 2016
North Branch, Minnesota
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Terracross Championship
Round One Pro RZR Report
Jason Luburgh Wins Terracross
Championship Season Opener
North Branch, MN (9/15/2016) – Jason
Luburgh picked up right where he left the Mystik
Lubricants Terracross Championship last year, winning
the season opener at the 50th Anniversary Sno Barons
Hay Days. The two-time defending champion snagged
the holeshot in the first of two races on the weekend
and led every lap. Mickey Thomas finished second,
followed by Dana Creech, Cole Cottew and Terracross
newcomer Ray Bulloch.
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2016 Terracross
championship - Round 1 - Pro Polaris RZR
Podium
Dana Creech (3rd), Jason Luburgh (1st),
Mickey Thomas (2nd)
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Racers and spectators were treated to near perfect
conditions for the Terracross season opener during
the 50th Anniversary of the Sno Barons Hay Days
event in North Branch, MN. The event attracted
a huge crowd of approximately 30 to 50 thousand
spectators, and thousands were lining the fence
to catch the Terracross racing action on Saturday
and Sunday.
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tens of thousands
of people attended the 50th Annual Sno
Barons Hay Days event & the entire
track was surrounded by several thousand
spectators for the Polaris Pro RZR Main
events
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On Saturday night after the Terracross Heat races,
Minnesota Hero, Levi LaVallee made Hay Days history
by launching his Polaris Snowmobile over 200 feet
in front of a huge crowd in celebration of the
50th Anniversary of the event, which was a long
jump record for the event.
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Polaris'
Levi LaVallee launched his snowmobile
over 200 feet in celebration of the Sno
Barons Hay Days 50th Anniversary
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GBC’s Jason Luburgh, along with Dana Creech,
designed the track this year with help from Ziegler
Caterpillar. The track differed from year’s past
with more tabletop jumps and with an eye on flow
and passing zones. The series is again pitting
its athletes against each other in stock Polaris
RZR XP 1000s. The equalized equipment results
in spectacular racing.
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Ziegler Caterpillar
stepped up for 2016 Hay Days Terracross
event by providing some top notch CAT
equipment to build the track
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Luburgh’s race was nearly over before it started.
On the parade lap, he tested one of the new lanes
designed into the course and ended up bending
an A-arm in the process. The Terracross mechanics
quickly had his machine repaired and Luburgh made
it to the line in time to grab the holeshot and
dominate the race.
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GBC's Jason
Luburgh grabbed the Pro RZR Holeshot
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“One of the perks of being a track builder: sometimes
it doesn’t always work,” laughed Luburgh. “I went
out there, tried the new line to see if the tires
were all even and it didn’t work. The crew got
me back out, I pulled the holeshot and maintained
the lead. I knew Mickey was behind me and that
kept me moving pretty hard because I didn’t want
him pressuring me.
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#1 Jason
Luburgh head the lead from start to finish
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“Everything went really smooth,” continued Luburgh.
“The track is amazing. There’s plenty of room
to pass and it’s a lot faster than last year.”
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Jason Luburgh
secured the Terracross Pro RZR Win to
take control of the points lead to kick
off the 2016 season
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