National Hare
and Hound Andy Lagzdins Wins ATV Championship
NNHS SoCal MC - Round 9 - Johnson Valley, CA -
October 9, 2011
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Moose Racing's
Andy Lagzdins won the 2011 AMA National
Hare & Hound Championship aboard his
Honda TRX450R ATV
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Lucerne Valley, CA 10/12/2011)
- Andy Lagzdins scored the overall quad victory
at Round Seven of the National Hare and Hound
Series that took place in the Johnson Valley OHV
area near Lucerne Valley, Ca, and in doing so
clinched the 2011 Pro ATV Championship with one
round remaining.
The event, which was put on by the AMA District
37 club SoCal MC, was laid out over 38 miles of
the most challenging terrain in the California
desert. The race began with a dead engine start
and a mile-long bomb run across the desert. “I
picked a bad line on the start and Kyle Penner
and Bill Markel got in front and dusted me out
bad. It wasn’t until we got into the tight
rock sections that I could see enough to make
a move on those guys” said Lagzdins after
the race. “The last thing I wanted to do
was break the quad by hitting something in the
dust, and not score any points.” After making
a pass for the lead on Penner at roughly the halfway
point of the race, Lagzdins made no mistakes and
opened a minute gap at the finish.
Lagzdins, a veteran of the East Coast-based GNCC
Series, now adds an AMA National Series to his
2007 OMA Nationals Pro ATV title and 2009 Score
Baja Overall ATV Championship. “I can’t
thank everyone enough who stood by me when I made
the move to the West Coast. It took some time
to learn how desert racing is done. The mental
game of racing at high speed through this terrain
was tough to get comfortable with, but it’s
coming easier to me now,” said Lagzdins.
The series concludes on October 23rd with the
100’s MC National also taking place in the
Johnson Valley OHV area. This 189,000 acre BLM-regulated
portion of the desert is currently in danger of
being converted from a public recreation area
to a live ammunition testing ground, an issue
that the American Motorcyclist Association is
aggressively fighting.
Andy Lagzdins Sponsor
List:
DirtFirst Racing, Duncan Racing, Moose,
Alpinestars, Roll Design, Elka Suspension, Tireballs,
ITP, GPR, IMS, Quadtech, MotoDC, Christy’s
Racing, RGear Worldwide, YMA International, ATVRiders.com.
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