Slick Conditions Slow Mickey
Thomas at Chicagoland Slam
TORC Championship
Pro Stock UTV • Rounds 1-2 Race Report
Cumming, GA (5/25/2017) - Ever
competitive SXS driver Mickey Thomas brought a
brand new Yamaha YXZ 1000R with his new Hans Ada
Racing Team to the season opener for the TORC
Off Road Championship at the Dirt Track at Route
66 Raceway in Joliet, IL. After a great practice
and qualifying fourth, the wet track slowed Thomas
in the first of two features and ended his weekend
early.
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Mickey Thomas has teams up with
Hans Ada to compete in the 2017 TORC Championship
in the Pro Stock UTV class |
After the practice and qualifying results, Thomas
was ready to get back his winning ways. However,
the team was running a sprint car type tire. After
the track was inundated to reduce dust prior the
feature, Thomas did everything he could to stay
in contention.
“The car was super fast all weekend,” said Thomas.
“We got ready for the start of the race, but they
watered the track a ton and we just didn’t have
the right tire for the conditions. We still managed
to keep pace at the halfway point, but the car
started overheating and we had to pull in.”
Thomas missed the second day of competition after
engine trouble, caused by the overheating, reared
its head prior to the race. Team Manager, Hans
Ada, said the team learned a lot during the weekend
and they will be ready at the next round in June.
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Mickey
Thomas qualified 4th for Round One of the
TORC Series |
“The weekend was going perfectly,” said Ada.
“There were 54 cars in Pro Stock and we started
fourth. Unfortunately, the wet track at the beginning
threw us a curve ball. He was spinning his wheels
and that overheated the car. After the competition
caution, the track came in and he shot from eighth
back to fourth, but the engine had overheated.
That’s just racing.”
Thomas will again rack up the frequent flier
miles this season. Along with TORC, he’s also
racing a Pro Lite truck and Yamaha UTV in the
Lucas Oil Series. Immediately after the TORC race,
he was on a airplane to Ensenada, Mexico for round
two of the Lucas series.
“We’ll be back at the next race with Hans Ada
Racing,” said Thomas. “We want to get on the box,
and we’ll have a good chance at doing that.”
Thomas will be ready as the TORC Off Road Championship
next visits ERX Motorpark in Elk River, MN. That
race is scheduled for June 10-11.
2017 TORC Series Sponsors:
Bikeman Performance Engines. Hans Ada Racing,
Langston Motorsports Yamaha, Crash Addict, Walker
Evans Racing, OMF Wheels, Andersin Design, Drive
Motorsports International
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