Menasha, WI (3/31/2011)
- It’s a good thing the track ran
through the water at the FMF/Steele Creek
GNCC in North Carolina because Zakowski
Motorsports rider Kevin Trantham lit the
field on fire during the 2-hour race,
taking a back-to-back 3rd utility overall
finish and claiming another 4x4 Lites
Class win. As Kevin’s fire roared,
no one could mistake the smell of burning
rubber coming off fellow teammate Zac
Zakowski’s Kenda Tires, after going
3-0 for 4x4 Open hole-shots at round number
three.
Kevin placed himself in utility overall
contention at the past two rounds, all
while running half the horsepower of his
fellow competitors. With the top overall
finishers riding up to 850cc power-plants,
Kevin has been nipping at their heels
on his small but mighty Ron Woods/Can-am
Outlander 500EFI, finishing only three
seconds behind 2nd place, a huge level
of accomplishment for the North Carolina
native.
“I am truly amazed to make it up
on the utility podium in 3rd for the second
time in three races. It takes a near perfect
set-up to put a 500 up against all the
800’s out there and stand on the
box. The Zakowski Motorsports/Can-Am Outlander
is truly a creation equivalent to that
of a mad scientist and hopefully the results
will continue to show that,” stated
Kevin.
The #990 of Zac Zakowski has his quad
dialed, taking all three 4x4 Open hole-shots
to date. Zac led the class into the woods
where a vine caught his tire, resulting
in an unfortunate “get-off”
and a broken tether-cord. After struggling
to get the quad started, Zakowski was
back at it with thirteen minutes separating
him from the leaders. Ending the day with
his head up, Zac strived forward and got
some necessary points.
Zakowski had this to say afterwards, “The
start of this year has been rough on me
so far with my injury in Florida and bad-luck
here. By the time I got my quad fixed
and back running, I was just too far back
to make any headway. I have never had
good luck at the start of the season but
if my previous years show anything I should
be gaining momentum here soon, so cross
your fingers and hope to see me up there
with Kevin! Oh, and by the way, Kevin
is nuts on that 500!”
Heading into South Carolina, Kevin currently
holds a five point lead with three wins
for the 4x4 Lites championship. With Kevin’s
confidence and Zac back to 100%, the team
is ready to make some noise. Look for
Zac and Kevin to make their UTV racing
début next weekend in South Carolina,
with Zac piloting their all new #990 Can-am
Commander 1000X in the premier UTV Modified
class. If you don’t see it, you’ll
hear it!
Zakowski Motorsports
would like to thank our 2011 partners:
Can-am/BRP, Countryside Auto Transport
Inc., Kenda Tires, Amsoil Synthetics,
Ron Woods Racing, Moose Racing, Custom
Axis, JET Suspensions, Tire-Balls, STM
Clutches, Rath Racing, CP-Pistons, All
Terrain Research, Fasst Company., Wicked
Bilt, Straightline Performance, FrogzSkin,
Strike Grafix, Scott USA, OMF Wheels,
Spider Grips, Janssen Motorsports, Richardson
Racing Products, ASV Inventions, Bopp
Race Components, DP Brakes,Carbo-Rocket
Atvriders.com, X-Country Photos
