2016
RMURA
Round #2 - IMI Motorsports Park
Dacono, CO
July 10, 2016 |
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Brian Barsh Takes Second Straight
RMURA ATV Win
Rocky Mountain UTV Racing
Association ATV Race Report
Rocky
Mountain UTV Racing Association |
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Dacono, CO (7/15/2016)
- Brian Barsh overcame soaring temperatures to win
his second consecutive Rocky Mountain UTV Racing
Association ATV A class victory at IMI Motorsports
Park. The flat track racing competitor took advantage
of extensive blue groove on the track to out-battle
Megan Heil for the victory. Heil was second, followed
by Gene Gallagos.
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Rocky
Mountain UTV Racing Series - ATV A Podium
(left to right)
Gene Gallagos (3rd), Brian Barsh (1st),
Megan Heil (2nd)
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With the summer heat and dry conditions, the
RMURA scheduled two 30 minute motos instead of
a single one hour race to help with keeping down
the dust, which worked great this weekend with
temperatures soaring to around 100 degrees.
The heat, however, didn’t diminish the crowd
with nearly double the number of ATV entries from
the season opener hitting the track. Barsh won
both motos, but Heil kept him honest and fought
him every inch of the way.
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#28 Brian
Barsh grabbed the holeshot in both motos,
but Megan Heil stayed right with him at
the beginning of each moto
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“She was right there,” explained Barsh. “It was
a battle to see who was going to take the lead
into the first turn. I was blessed, pulled ahead
and got the wins. I know I’m getting faster, but
she is making some great gains, so I need to hit
the practice track.”
Barsh does his own engine work and it paid off.
He needed all of the horsepower he could get on
the track’s long back straightaway. In addition,
Barsh’s experience as a flat track racer was put
to the test on the dry, tacky and blue grooved
racing surface.
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#28 Brian
Barsh held on to win both motos for his
2nd straigth RMURA Overall ATV Win
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“I did have a little more motor today,” said
Barsh. “The heat was tough, but we’re used to
this. Right now, I’m leading the points, but Megan
is right there behind me. I actually really liked
the format. It gave us time to regroup and rethink.
The blue groove really helped me today, especially
in the turns. It was like flat track racing.”
Heil enjoyed the battle with Barsh, but the heat
slowed her charge in the first moto and she fell
back after running out of tear offs in the second
event.
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Megan Heil
was on the gas at the round 2 as she battled
with Brain Barsh both motos & she
even held the lead
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“We were duking it out for the first two or three
laps in the first moto before I got tired out,”
said Heil. “He just left me on that long straightaway
in the back. I was trying my hardest to battle
with him in the second moto, but I ran out of
tearoffs and slowed down. I like change, so I
liked the two-moto format. I’m going to work hard
to be all over Brian at the next race.”
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Megan Heil
is now 2nd place in the points race after
a third place finish at the opening round
& 2nd overall at round 2
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