Matlock Racing
Wins SCORE Championship 3 Years in a Row
Matlock Racing Finishes 2nd
in the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 Winning Championship
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Matlock Racing's
Honda TRX700XX Took Team Members Wayne
Matlock, Wes Miller, and Josh Caster to
Their 3rd Consecutive Championship Win
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El Centro, CA (11/30/2010) -Each
year the Matlock Racing teams sets out to win the
season championship and remain the #1 plate holder.
This year was no different and the team was able
to reach their goal once again and will retain the
#1A plate for another year.
The team’s goal every year is to win each
and every race starting with the San Felipe 250
and finishing with the Baja 1000. With first place
overall finishes at the San Felipe 250 and Baja
500 the team was ready to keep the winning streak
rolling at the 2010 Tecate SCORE Baja 1000. However
some mechanical issues set them back in time causing
a respectable 2nd place finish.
The riders spent over a week prerunning each of
their sections of the course before the race and
were very confident on race day. After weeks of
testing, the #1A Matlock Racing TRX700XX was ready
at the starting line with Wayne Matlock aboard.
Matlock drew the 2nd place starting position behind
the #2A quad of Felipe Velez and would chase him
down nearly making the pass several times in the
thick dust before handing the quad off to Josh
Caster early in the race.
With Caster now aboard the #1A quad he was off
in hot pursuit. Soon after taking off Caster noticed
a mechanical issue with the quad and stopped to
make some adjustments. It was soon discovered
the clutch had a major mechanical failure and
would need a complete replacement. The call went
out to the chase crews, who would have to reach
the quad in a remote location well away from any
access roads. Over 2 hours later the clutch was
replaced and the #1A quad was back on the road
as the last quad on the course.
Now back up and running the team was able to start
making up time on the leaders and closing the
gap towards the front of the pack. Matlock would
jump back on the quad for his second ride of the
day near Gonzaga Bay and hit a large rock while
making a pass on another quad knocking the foot
peg and heel guard completely off the right side
of the quad. After another stop to replace the
foot peg bolts it was found the bolt had sheared
off inside the frame. Matlock was able to get
one bolt replaced and then joined the race once
again until another pit could be found to weld
the foot peg back on the quad. Once the foot peg
was fixed the team continued to make up time on
the leaders.
Wes Miller would jump on the quad near race mile
517 and would gain over 30 minutes on the leaders
in his first section. While Miller continued to
gain time on the competition Harold Goodman got
prepared for his section further south. Both Miller
and Goodman had flawless first rides and soon
Miller reached the Pacific coast once again and
into the fog. Miller would push his way into the
fog before handing the quad off to Goodman once
again. Goodman would start his second ride of
the night in the middle of the fog so thick at
some points he couldn’t see more than 5’
in front of the quad. Due to the moisture in the
air, freezing temperatures and early morning hours
Goodman soon began to lose feeling in his hands.
His goggles also began to give him trouble and
he decided to ride without them almost 60 miles
until he couldn’t see anymore before passing
the quad off to Matlock. From this point on Matlock
would ride to the finish and crossed the finish
line just minutes off the leaders.
Even with over 2 hours of down time early in the
race, the Matlock Racing #1A team was able to make
an impressive comeback to finish just under 15 minutes
behind the leaders and the Overall win. The team
clenched the season championship points and will
retain the #1A plate once again!
Matlock Racing would like to thank their
sponsors:
Vey’s Powersports, PRM-ATV.com,
Rich Morel Racing Motors, Precision Concepts,
Houser Racing, Maxxis, Elka, JCR Honda, Big Gun
Exhaust, KZ Trailers, Fly Racing, Renthal, IMS-Roll,
Pro Honda Oil and Chemicals, IMS, DWT, OMF, Tire
Balls, Quadtech, Streamline, Precision Racing
Products, Baja Designs, Scott Goggles, Motion
Pro, UNI Filters, DID Chains, Division Four
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