ITP ATV MX Racers Earn 22 Podiums
at Millville
SxS Racers Find in TerraCross
& Short Course Action
2015
AMA ATV Motocross
Round 7 - Links
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Ontario, CA
(7/2/2015) - The ITP racing team earned
numerous podiums across the country this past weekend.
The ATV motocross squad posted 22 podiums (six wins)
at Spring Creek Motocross Park in Millville, Minn.,
while SxS pilots notched podiums at the TerraCross
and Lucas Oil Regional Short Course events as well.
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ITP
racer Jeffrey Rastrelli took third in the
Pro class at round seven of the Mtn. Dew
ATV MX National Championship Series held
at Spring Creek MX Park in Millville, Minn. |
"It was an outstanding weekend in Minnesota
for our ATV motocross racers, capturing 22 podiums,"
said Pat McGuire, Public Relations / Race Support.
"One of those went to Jeffrey Rastrelli,
who had been pushing hard to get back on the box.
With that goal accomplished, he's now seeking
an overall win, and ITP hopes to take him there."
Spring Creek ATV Motocross
ITP racers traveled to the Nation's heartland
for stop No. 7 on the 2015 Mtn. Dew ATV MX National
Championship series, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing.
The Spring Creek Motocross Park course, located
near Millville, Minn., featured both natural and
manmade jumps, whoops and turns. The team earned
a season-high 22 podiums at the picturesque location.
Four ITP-backed racers earned class overall victories,
two of whom had double-win weekends, and Jeffrey
Rastrelli earned third in the Pro class.
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Pro-Am
class competitor "Factory" Sam
Rowe earned two third-place finishes in
Minnesota using ITP QuadCross MX tires on
his RRR / Rage ATV / Pepsi-backed Honda. |
Rastrelli earned his second podium and fifth
top-five finish of the season to climb to within
one point of fifth place in the standings. The
JB Racing / Can-Am / ITP Pro racer was unable
to compete at round five due to injury, but is
close to 100 percent now and making a late chase
for an overall victory using ITP QuadCross MX
tires on his DS 450 ATV.
"It was such a great feeling getting back
on the box," said Rastrelli. "I can't
thank my whole team enough and everyone that is
behind me! Time for another podium stop at Unadilla."
Westley Wolfe again posted a double-win weekend
using ITP QuadCross MX 2 fronts and QuadCross
MX Pro rears on his No. 741 Corrosion Specialties
/ ITP Tires / FTR Graphics / Hetrick Racing Honda.
Wolfe won both the Production A and 450 A classes
and has climbed into second place in both classes
with only three rounds remaining on the year.
Haedyn Mickelson finished second to Wolfe in the
450 A ranks, but still holds an 11-point lead
going into round eight.
Two other ITP-supported racers earned overall
class wins at Spring Creek. Mike Barnhardt competed
in the Open A class for the first time this year
and notched a 1-1 sweep for the overall win. Barnhardt
also posted two other podiums as well, taking
second in the Vet (30+) and third in the Junior
(25+) classes. Megan Manshack kept rolling in
the Women's class, earning her sixth straight
victory. After missing round one, Manshack has
posted a 1-1 moto sweep in the Women's class at
every round to expand her points lead.
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Brandon
O'Neill recorded two second-place finishes
in 90 Youth classes for Team ITP at Millville,
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Racer Sam Rowe (Root River Racing / Rage ATV
/ Pepsi) finished third in two different Pro-Am
classes at round seven using ITP tires. Lucas
Lamons took second place in the Junior (25+) class
aboard his Suzuki dressed in ITP QuadCross MX
tires. Tyler Mack (RRR / Rage ATV / Motowoz /
ITP), racing in his home state, earned second
in the Production B class and took third in 450
B.
Youth racers had a nice weekend in Minnesota
as well, combining for nine podiums and two wins.
Peyton Zimmerman recorded a double at Millville,
winning the Youth All-Star (13-15) and Super Mini
(12-15) classes. He took his Honda to a 2-1 scorecard
in the Youth All-Star ranks, where he's the current
points leader, and also piloted his ITP-outfitted
Suzuki to a 1-1 sweep in the Super Mini class.
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Haedyn
Mickelson soars his Honda over a big jump
at Spring Creek MX Park in his home state
of Minnesota. He finished second in the
450 A class to maintain his class points
lead. |
Brandon O'Neill (Open Sr. 12-15; Open Shifter
12-15) and Niamh Shaw (Schoolgirl 13-17) both
grabbed a second place finish on the weekend.
Grayson Eller (Schoolboy Sr. 14-17) and Brogan
Guyer (Super Mini 12-15, 90 Open Sr. 12-15, 90
Shifter 12-15), with three, tallied third-place
finishes in Minnesota.
Round eight of the Mtn. Dew ATV MX National Championship
Series is July 11-12, at the famed Unadilla MX
Park in New Berlin, N.Y.
ITP West
ITP Athlete Sara Price did double duty this past
weekend out west, as she earned a hard-fought
double victory over two days at the TerraCross
event held at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in San Diego,
Calif., and also posted two podiums in the Lucas
Oil Regional Series in Devore, Calif.
Price finished six laps in a time of 6:33.743
on Saturday, to win the TerraCross Women's class
against four others. The following day, Price
posted a slower time over six laps, but still
beat the competition by more than six seconds
for the Women's class victory. Price also finished
third and then second in short course action at
rounds four and five, respectively, in the Walker
Evans Racing RZR class at the Lucas Oil Regional
SoCal short course series held at Glen Helen Raceway.
ITP driver Hailie Deegan also scored a win this
past weekend in the Lucas Oil Regional SoCal -
Kartek short course series, driving her No. 538
car dressed in ITP tires to an overall win each
day in the Titan Electric Modified Kart class.
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