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Daryl
Rath and crew besides their Suzuki King
Quad 700 ATV |
Hutchinson, MN (10/9/2007) -
The challenge was presented, build a Suzuki 700
King Quad and race the Maxxis ATV EnduroCross.
Rath has experience from racing the WPSA series
Quad Terrain Challenge but wasn’t sure what
to expect here.
With an impressive first showing Rath placed
2nd in the Pro Utility Class. Rath stated, “
It was important for me to keep the quad as
stock as possible- I wanted to see how it would
fair against some of the highly modified cross
country “Open 4x4” race quads- I
am extremely happy with it’s performance
today. I proved it will be a contender.”
Using the production rules as a guideline Rath
added Dunlop Tires -PEP shocks- Yoshimura Exhaust
System w/ mapping, a Precision Steering Stabilizer,
Douglas Wheels and TireBalls.
The question on everyone’s mind was how
is an indoor obstacle course going to be built
with rocks, logs and water crossings and make
it challenging. The answer was simple- the EnduroCross
crew; they built a course that challenged some
of the most experienced riders. Once the team
arrived and checked out the track on Saturday
and watched the motorcycles it was clear Sunday
was not only going to be fun, but challenging,
and very difficult.
Starting with a set of practice laps that included
a timed practice to set gate picks in the heat
races followed by a short intermission it was
show time. The heat races were grueling only
allowing the top two to advance to the main-
making the remaining field battle in a LCQ for
start position. Securing his transfer spot in
the heat Rath set out to do some tweaking on
his new ride. “ It was a learning process
for me today- Kevin Mummah from Lost Creek Cycles
made the trip to help me get this quad up front.
With the little adjustments we made after each
time on the track – the King Quad just
kept getting faster”
The main event turned into survival of the
fittest- the track took its best shot at many
of the riders. After an eight lap main event
Rath lead a strong charge for the front and
secured a second place finish. Rath’s
closing words “ I couldn’t have
asked for a better first showing- we have the
benchmark we were looking for, and now know
what this ATV can do. There were a lot of people
behind me in this, and came through in a very
short time frame.” as he smiled and started
jotting notes in his worn out race log.
Special thanks to:
Suzuki Motor Corp - Suzuki City Inc. –Rath
Racing - Dunlop Tires – PEP Shocks –
Yoshimura – FLY Racing -DWT – Lost
Creek Cycles – TireBalls – Scott
Goggles – Faast Handlebars – Precision
Dampners – MotoTST – Maxima Oil
– Hinson Racing
www.RathRacing.com
1459 Adams St. SE
Hutchinson MN 55350