2014 GBC Heartland Challenge ATV Endurance Racing Carlisle, Iowa August 16, 2014

“It feels really good to get the win. This was my third time out here and it was an amazing race. The track was good, and they really put together a good event,” added Trantham’s teammate, Mike Edwards.

In his third year racing the Heartland Challenge, Mike Edwards helped Kevin Trantham top the podium in the 4x4 Pro Class

The Hicklin Elite team gave Kevin Trantham and his team quite a challenge and stayed close in time and laps, finishing with 32 as well, but with a time of 10:23:39. “We didn’t have any issues and it was awesome to go up against some really fast teams. We really had a good time and very happy we finished in second,” said the team.

Hicklin Elite Team second in the 4x4 Pro Class

Local team, Leers Cycle Center, out of Newhall, IA claimed a third place finish in the 4x4 Pro class with 31 laps, while the Warm Hugs team finished fourth with 30 laps and the Honda Research Foreman team rounded out the top five, also with 30 laps.

Honda entered two race teams this year in the Heartland Challenge to do research on their Honda Foreman & Honda Rubicon. The #22 Honda Research Foreman team rounded out the 4x4 Pro Class Top Five on their stock Honda Foreman

In the A class, the competition was close with all four teams in the class finishing with 33 laps, so it was a race to the finish line for all in that class, but the MAXC team was the first to reach the checkered flag with a time of 10:13:56, while team Wide Open finished second, just three minutes after and the JW Builders team, who had never done any kind of XC racing before claimed third.

The MAXC A Class team's Braden Nichols makes his way through the "Challenge" section. The MAXC A Team took the win in the A Class