Team Alba Racing, led by Wayne Matlock from El Cajon in California, rode the fastest to claim their second victory this season, maintaining their overall lead in this race series. His teammates this year were Harold Goodman Jr., Wes Miller and Josh Caster. The team was racing aboard a Honda TRX700XX equipped with Elka Suspension’s Factory Shocks, finishing the grueling course in 9:36:23 and take the victory.

Race results are still unofficial until Wednesday, awaiting confirmation with the tracking data.

Information sources mention that podiums in every ATV category were filled with Elka-equipped teams, most of them using the Factory Shock as well.

Source: www.score-international.com

Baja 500 unofficial results…

More details of the race are finally coming in and we expect that it might take another day before the race officials finish reviewing the Tracking Data needed to officially declare the winners.

If the results don’t change, the three top finishers in the PRO ATV’s class were riding on Elka shocks and the two top winners to step on the podium in the class 24 were also using Elka suspensions.

Wayne Matlock who won in the number one spot in the class 25 quoted « It was awesome today.

No one made any mistakes all day. We got the quad over to Wes and he got us in the lead and we just took off from there. Once we got into the lead, we didn’t see any other quads. There were just a bunch of motorcycles in our way. We had a good team of riders. It’s always exciting to win in Baja. »
CLASS 25 (over 251cc)

Winning team

Wayne Matlock, El Cajon, California.
Harold Goodman Jr., Brownstown, Michigan.
Wes Miller, Fallbrook, California.
Josh Caster, El Cajon, California.

ATV :Honda TRX700XX equipped with Elka Suspension
Time:9:36:23
Average speed:45.23mph

Number 2 position

Santos Perez
Juan Sanchez
Raul Cano
Roberto Villalobos,

ATV :Honda CRF450X equiped with Elka Suspension
Time :9:54:48
Average Speed :Not available

Number 3 position  

Nick Nelson, Tehachapi, Calif.
Brandon Brown, Eumantilla, Ore
Jorie Williams, Longview, Wash.,

Class 24 (under 251cc)

Craig Christy who is part of the winning team quoted « We had about a 30-minute lead starting about halfway through the race and we just kept it there and started trying to save the bike and that was it. I almost hit three outbound trucks in the last 20 miles. I almost did a header with a Class 7 truck that I guess just got going. Other than that, no close calls and no problems. It was an uneventful day. We had a flawless bike and never changed a tire. We just kept putting fuel in and going.»
Craig Christy, Burbank, Calif.
Steve Abrego, Covina, Calif.
Dave Scott, Belen, N.M.
Andy Lagzdins, Baltimore,

ATV:Honda TRX450R. Equiped with Elka Suspension
Time:10:35:53
Average speed:(40.81mph);  

Abraham Romero, Tijuana, Mexico
Sigifredo Jimenez, Chula Vista, Calif.
Efrain Haros, Tijuana, Mexico
Jose Castro, Chula Vista, Calif.

ATV:Honda TRX450R equipped with Elka Suspension
Time:11:08:38
Average speed:Not available
Luis Berumen
Sergio Lopez
Adrian Cruz, Tijuana, Mexico
Christian Valles, Chula Vista, Calif.

ATV :Honda TRX450R
Time:11:17:31
Average speed:Not available

The current points leader William Yokley was able to win another round at the Mountain Ridge GNCC race which was held in Somerset, Pennsylvania on May 16.

Sitting next to him was Mark Hix who wanted to ride with William. It was finally his chance to ride with the point’s leader. Because they had to draw for starting position, Williams has to start the race in fifth position. The weather was fine in the morning but once the teams were settled on the starting grid a severe rain storm changed the conditions on the track and it didn’t take long for the racers to remove their goggles for the remainder of the race.

Williams and Hix started passing the machines in front and cross the chequered flag with bloodshed eyes in the number one spot.