Matlock Racing
Takes Overall SCORE San Felipe 250 ATV Win
2010 Tecate SCORE San Felipe
250 - March 13th - San Felipe, Baja, Mexico
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2010
SCORE San Felipe 250
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Matlock
Racing Team (left to right) Wes Miller,
Wayne Matlock, & Josh Caster took the
Overall ATV & Open Pro Class 25 Win
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El Centro, CA (3/24/2010) - The
Matlock Racing team has been the team to beat at
the SCORE International races, the most highly respected
offroad racing series. The most recent race, the
Mastercraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe250, was
no different. The #1A team walked away with their
third consecutive win at this race and their7th
consecutive win in the Open Pro ATV class, winning
every SCORE race entered for the last three years.
The team was also the only Open Pro ATV to finish
the race with no penalties, finishing 23 minutes
ahead of second place and 29 minutes ahead of third
place.
The San Felipe 250 was a great race for the team.
After drawing the first place starting position
and prerunning each section of the course, the
team was ready to take on the challenge. The competition
would be tough and the local San Felipe team of
Javier Robles would start in the second place
spot as #2A just behind the Matlock Racing team.
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Josh Caster |
As the early morning dust was hanging low from the
motorcycles who started ahead of the Open Pro quads,
Caster started on the #1A Matlock Racing Honda TRX700XX.
Caster started and road the first 8 miles through
the rough start section before handing the quad
off to Matlock at Zoo Rd. Matlock would take the
quad up the extremely rough, whooped out Pole line
road to race mile 25 where he would hand the quad
off to Miller. Both Caster and Matlock were able
to keep the lead with the rest of the quad pack
chasing in quick pursuit. During Miller's gas stop
the #2A of Javier Robles’ team was able to
make the pass for the lead.
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Wes Miller |
Miller used his knowledge of the course from
the time spent prerunning to close time on the
now leading #2A team. Miller’s section included
the rough whooped out washes of Borrego, the Diablo
dry lakebed and a completely new section SCORE
included for this race. This new section included
many rough areas and a bunch of silt sections
that could swallow a quad whole. Miller was able
to rein the #2A quad back in and retake the lead
once again before passing the quad back off to
Caster at race mile 94.
Caster took the quad from Miller in the lead
as he headed off towards the infamous Matomi Wash.
The Honda TRX700XX proved it is the ultimate Baja
racer once again by gaining time on the other
quads through the rocks hidden in Matomi. Once
through Matomi, Caster would head back north up
the extremely rocky Old Puertocitos road before
handing the quad off to Matlock once again. Caster
pulled into the JCR Honda pit at race mile 172
where Matlock would get on with a 3 ½ minute
lead on the second place team #2A.
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Wayne Matlock |
Matlock was off once again on his second and
final ride of the day. This section included the
desolate washes of Huatamote and Chanate as it
worked its way towards the finish line. Matlock
rode hard through his last section gaining even
more time on the other competitors. As he crossed
the finish line he had gained 9 minutes on the
next team. Unfortunately the #2A team of Javier
Robles would suffer mechanical problems near the
finish after giving the #1A team such a great
race throughout the day.
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