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2012 Terracross
ATV / SxS Racing Kicks Off at ERX Motor Park
2012
Terracross Championship - Round 1 - Elk River,
MN - June 22 - 23, 2012
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Former ATV
Racer #55 Doug Gust took an early lead
in Friday's SxS Main
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Elk River, MN (6/28/2012) –
The Terracross Championship kicked off its 2012
race season with a massive event held just north
of Minneapolis at ERX Motor Park in Elk River,
Minn. The two-day, double-header event marked
the return of Terracross racing to the ATV and
UTV racing world and featured top action sports
names such as Rath, Gust, Beckman, Burandt and
Thacker competing on a brutal course built within
the confines of the dedicated motorsports park.
Jumps, mud, rocks as well as log and tire obstacles
made for intense competition over the course of
the two-day race weekend and proved highly-challenging
for the field of experienced drivers.
Doug Gust took an early lead in Friday’s
Pro Terracross Side X Side main with Andrew Carlson
slotting his Polaris RZR in second place. Gust’s
machine suffered a mechanical issue about halfway
through the race allowing Carlson to take the
lead and cruise to the win. Gust took the lead
again in the Pro Terracross Utility Quad main
but the course took its toll on his equipment
again when a flat tire ended his run. Rory Beckman
took over the lead and cruised to the win.
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There were
many entries in the ATV class at Terracross
Round 1
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Gust's luck turned on Saturday and he came back
to take the win in the Pro Terracross Utility Quad
main. Not only did he win, he nabbed the holeshot
and setting a blistering pace through the Terracross
course, leading flag-to-flag. Darryl Rath put in
a similar performance in the Pro Terracross Side
X Side main. On green, Rath’s Polaris RZR
shot off the line and into the lead and he quickly
gapped the field with Gust and Carlson in tow. Rath
put on a clinic, leading flag-to-flag to take his
first Terracross Side X Side win.
Jon Guetter claimed the Speed & Style final
both Friday and Saturday. Dave Elias won Friday’s
ProAm Side X Side main while Josh Schutte came
back to win Saturday’s race. Zac Zakowski
won both ProAm Utility Quad mains.
Extreme sports athlete Jimmy Blaze capped off
the weekend when he attempted to flip his Polaris
RZR. Blaze uses a stock RZR with only a reinforced
cage and containment seat for added safety and
Fox Racing Shox specially-valved to help the vehicle
rotate off a ramp designed by Blaze. The flip
was the first-ever in front of television cameras.
Blaze came in too fast and over-rotated the flip,
landing the vehicle on its rear bumper. Fans can
see it all on CBS Sports Spectacular:
Sunday, July 8: Terracross Championship, 9:00
PM
Sunday, July 15: Terra In The Pit, 9:00 PM
Sunday, July 22: Terra In The Pit, 9:00 PM
CBS Sports Network is available in 99-million
homes Nationwide. To find out how to get CBS Sports
Network (or if you already have it) go to www.cbssportsnetwork.com
and click on “Channel Finder” in the
menu bar.
“Terra In The Pits was an amazing event,”
said Terracross’ Joe Duncan. “There
were a lot of people who worked long and hard
behind the scenes to make it all come together
and I want to thank them for committing to bringing
back Terracross. Also, a big thanks goes to the
athletes who believe in the sport and make the
show happen – guys like Doug Gust, Darryl
Rath, Chris Burandt and Paul Thacker just to name
a few – all the riders are great people
and they are the reason the fans watch us.”
The second event is set to take place September
8-9, 2012 at the Sno Barons Haydays Snowmobile
Grass Drags extravaganza in Sunrise Township,
Minn., also located just north of Minneapolis.
Terracross Championship action will air on CBS
Sports Network as part of five one-hour programs
beginning on July 8.
For more information on the Terracross Championship
visit www.terracrossracing.com. Follow the Terracross
Championship on Facebook and Twitter @ terracrossrace.
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