(HAMILTON, ON – JUNE, 2010) Steven Nickerson finished a strong seventh in the opening round of the national Amateur Sport Bike Championship in the Parts Canada Superbike Championship at Circuit ICAR, near Montreal last weekend.
Rockstar’s top freerider Steve Romaniuk has chosen Elka’s Stage 5 as his shock of choice for his upcoming pro-model replica signature bike by Mongoose.
Matlock Racing has taken yet another SCORE victory, winning Class 25 of the 42nd annual Baja 500. The punishing desert race was held June 5 in Ensenada, Baja, Mexico.
Hetrick Racing’s own Joel Hetrick has made a bold statement at the last two rounds of the ATV Motocross National Series. The young rider has won 7 of the last 8 motos on his Hetrick prepped Kawasaki in the Pro-Am classes with a little excitement along the way.
(Shannonville Motorsport Park, Long Track, May 15-17, 2010) - Sunny skies, a large attendance of racers and fans came out for Round Two of the Race Super Series held this past weekend at Shannonville Mortorsport Park. With rumours of a few of the National Series Pro’s coming to test they rewarded the fans that did show with a great weekend of action. Jodi had a good weekend with a win in Superbike and another first place and a lap record in Pro 600.
Team Hetrick rider Brett Cusumano had a great weekend at Sunset Rigde, in Walnut Illinois for the 4th round of the ATVA National.
Brett had a rough time in Virginia during the 3rd round of the National at Birch Creek. Brett redeemed himself this week, by taking a 3rd place in Moto #1 and 1st place in Moto #2 in the 450 B class, in the production B class Brett took 2 first places, therefor Brett went on to win both classes and 2 visits to the podium. Brett’s next race will be in Delmont, PA at Steel City. Brett’s Hetrick powered Kawasaki KFX450 is equipped with Elka Suspension, JB A-Arms, Maxxis tires and Hyper Rims. Also thank you to Fly Racing.
Thank you!
- Michael Cusumano
Round three of the 2010 Yamaha/ITP Quadcross series was held at Rynoland in Anza, CA. This was the first time the series has been to Rynoland, which is known mostly for being a two wheeled training facility for owner, Ryan Hughes. The track was very skinny and slippery making passing difficult for most. There were however a few rough straights that were plenty wide for passing.
Adelanto, CA – MCR / Maxxis’ Beau Baron and Josh Row grabbed top five finishes at round four of the 2010 WORCS series while David Haagsma topped the Pro-Am podium and Julie Russell claimed her fourth straight win of the season in the Women’s A class.
Round 4 of the WORCS series was held at Racetown 395 in Victorville California. This was my first time riding since being injured at Lake Havasu. The doctor wouldn’t let me do anything for training other than walking and riding a stationary bike for five weeks. I got released to do whatever I wanted to do the Wednesday before the race. So we packed up and headed down that night.
I tried to practice Friday but due to so many people being injured that day they cancelled practice. I only got two slow laps in looking at the track. So Saturday during qualifying was my time to shake the cob webs off. It showed as I got tired and recorded my worst qualifying position of the season, 14th out of 18. I was discouraged but just looked forward to the race on Sunday.
Sunday rolled around and I felt excited and ready to ride. I knew I was out of shape and came up with a race plan to compensate. I would go for the start and run a steady pace to the end. I had a great jump but immediately got hit from the left side and bounced off of the guy to my right. I stayed in it and came out of the first corner in 9th but quickly dropped to 12th. My plan worked pretty well as I stayed steady through the race and picked people off as they broke or got tired. At the end I was able to finish 9th.
The 9th place finish was enough to move me up to 5th overall in points. I am happy with how well things went and I’m looking forward to Round 5. I will be in much better shape and should have a great finish.
Thanks for all of your support.
Robbie Mitchell #14
(Photos courtesy of Tina Lugan)
Team Hetrick rider Brett Cusumano takes 3 wins in Bowling Green, Kentucky for the second round of the ATVA National 2010, Brett took 2 1st places in 450 B class and 2nd place in Production B class in the 1st moto and 1st place in the 2nd moto of Production B, for 2 overall wins.
Brett crashed in practice on Friday and had to be rushed to the hospital, where he received 8 stitches in his forearm, but Brett still managed to take the overall in both his classes. Brett’s next race will be in Danville, VA May 1st and 2nd. Brett’s Hetrick powered Kawasaki KFX450 is equipped with Elka suspension, JB A-arms, Maxxis tires and Hyper Rims.
Thank you!
- Mike Cusumano
