2007 12 Hours of ATV America Caddio Point MX Greenville, TX November 10, 2007 Photos by: thequadbuilder.net

Industry Class Winners C&D Racing's Dusty Kostman was one of the few women racing as she turned laps right up there with the men racers

The Youth class saw plenty of action and didn’t let any of the dust or blue groove that developed slow them down. The youth team riders put on a valiant effort and kept pace with several of the Pro teams. Once the dust settled, it was Team ELS (McGrath/Fowler/Gann) that took first, the Wild Boys were second, and team Young Guns took the final place on the podium.

Team ELS	Team Young Guns

In the Utility class, Team Can-Am (Swift/Beasley/Cecco) took the number one spot on the podium. Rounding out the rest of the Utitilty class was Arctic Cat’s Team West in second and Grizz Racing in third.

Team CanAm	Arctic Cat's West Racing

Ironman winner, Daniel Pirrie (ATVSkills.com) finished out the 12 hour event solo with 43 laps to his credit allow with runner-up racer, Zach Martin, which was an impressive total for these two racers. Todd Macke was once again back in action at he 12 Hour, and he completed an amazing 27 laps. For Todd this was an outstanding accomplishment considering he was born with Cerebral Palsy, but it hasn’t slowed him down, and he is a true inspiration to all ATV racers.

Todd Macke lived up to his team name (Extreme Motivation) as he finished in the Top 5 among in the Ironman Class	Brady Foster's Ironman race came to an end early when his CanAm Outlander burned to the ground from a gas leak

Despite the majority of the racers having a great time, the event surely had some issues, and the biggest was the scoring system. Many racers were left with a bitter aftertaste as it appeared that some teams’ laps were unaccounted for at the end of the race, putting them a lap behind and short changing them in their standings, and the Arctic Cat West Racing Team felt they deserved the number one position after totaling their lap times compared to the scoring system. They weren’t alone as several teams disputed their results after the event, which created a chaotic scene, so for many, the finalized race results still are questionable, which is unfortunate.

Beyond the scoring issues, there was also an uproar over the promised money / contingencies being awarded after the race, which had a crowd of racers demanding their prizes before they left, and eventually everything was apparently resolved after much debate.

At one time, the 12 Hours of ATV America was premiere event, which attracted over a 100 race teams, but over the years, it has lost its appeal to many racers because of the repeated management issues year after year, which have caused the entries to tumble. If this is the last year of the 12 Hours of ATV America, I am sure another Promoter will build off the concept, and hopefully, it will once again attract over 100 teams because for anyone that has raced an endurance race, they are one of the most intense and fun forms of ATV racing you will ever experience.