Fergus Falls, MN (7/8/2006) - Olah
Racing, the country's premier independent PowerSports
racing team and defender of three WPSA national
championship titles during the 2005-2006 PowerSports
Snowmobile Tour season, announced it will receive
primary sponsorship from Jack Link's Meat Snacks.
Additionally, the team announced it will "Feed
Your Wild Side" during the remainder of the
PowerSports ATV Championship Tour, as well as
the entire 2006-2007 Snocross season.
The team will compete in the ATV Tour's QuadTerrain
Challenge Series with riders Paul A. Turpin, Carey Daku,
and a rider to be named later beginning with this weekend's
Jack Link's Feed Your Wild Side ATV Championship at
South Fork Dirt Riders in Taylorville, Ill. The pair
will ride Can-Am quads with associate backing from Fly
Racing, ITP Tires, Rox Risers, and Flexx Handlebars.
"We are excited to have Jack Links partner with
our team," said D. Bradly Olah, Olah Racing team
owner. "The Jack Link's brand is a perfect match
for the competitive dirt and snow-slinging action
embodied by ATV and Snocross racing. We're eager to
kick off our ATV season this weekend."
A 31-year veteran of motocross and ATV competition,
Turpin, from Coon Rapids, Minn. most recently won
the 2005 Minnesota District 23 Regional Championship
and won the OMA Parts Unlimited Nationals. Regina,
Saskatchewan resident Daku has a 15-year resume of
competition, including four Provincial Championships.
"We're pleased to welcome Paul and Carey to
the team," said Olah. "They are both veteran
talents and are certain to be a competitive force
in the PowerSports ATV Tour."
Olah Racing is the second team to make the jump to
the ATV Tour from Snocross racing, following Warnert
Racing.
"Olah Racing has long been a fierce competitor
in Snocross racing, and we're looking forward to seeing
its competitive spirit in the PowerSports ATV Tour,"
said PowerSports Entertainment, Inc. CEO Rick Murphy.
"This is a great opportunity for both the Tour
and Olah Racing. It's a true win-win situation."
The Jack Link's Feed Your Wild Side ATV Championship
is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, July 8-9 with
a full card of racing scheduled for both days. Both
events will be telecast on ESPN2. Saturday's race
airs on Saturday, July 15 at noon EDT, followed by
Sunday's events, which will be telecast on Saturday,
July 22, also at noon. Tickets for the event will
be available at the gate.
About the PowerSports
ATV Tour
The PowerSports ATV Tour is North America's
newest ATV racing tour. The Tour is North America's
premier form of ATV racing, with its jumps,
gyrations and dirt-slinging racing action. The
Tour is organized by the World PowerSports Association,
North America's largest and most respected snowmobile
sanctioning body, and promoter of ATV and snowmobile
racing on both the regional and national level.
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