Primm, NV
(4/12/2008) - The Southern Nevada Stateline
SuperMoto Challenge attracted some of the fastest
racers from around the country. The event was
held on April 4 – 6 in Primm Nevada. ATV
SuperMoto pro, Nic Granlund, won every race
he entered over the 3 day weekend. Winning the
team race on Friday night and remaining undefeated
through the Quad 450 Pro Main Event on Sunday
afternoon. The weekend began on Thursday with
the Nic Granlund Racing School. Proving a wise
investment, students that attended the School
prior to the event received immediate payback
over the weekend.
Jason Anderson won the Quad
Vet 25+ Main Event. Tye Ham won the novice
class, Patrick Clark won the intermediate
class, and Mike Gieger held a commanding lead
in the beginner class until a lapped riders
shock reservoir burst causing Mike to crash.
Brock Sizemoore won the 90cc class, DJ Noer
won the 14 – 25 main event. “Having
so many of my students either win or place
in almost every event proves that we are doing
something right. We are very excited that
our collective team won 7 main events over
the weekend.”
Friday was
the first race day and brought one of the
most fun events of the weekend – team
races. Riders piloted their own ATV’s
in a “tag team” style event. Nic
and his partner, Jason Anderson, went wire
to wire and dominated the team race winning
by over 30 seconds. Second place in the team
event went to SuperMoto professionals Frank
Batista and Zac Willet.
Saturday
brought individual heat races and accompanying
main events. Nic was entered in the Unlimited
Quad Pro/Am class and the Quad Vet 25 + class.
Nic began the Pro/Am heat race in the fifth
row behind 20 racers. With an aggressive riding
style, he charged his way to first place within
4 laps and picked up a win for the heat.
The first main event was
the Unlimited Quad Pro/Am. Nic took the lead
on the first lap and pulled away from the
pack quickly. It was fortunate that Nic built
more than a ten second lead as his transmission
failed late in the race and the huge lead
allowed him to finish the race with only first
gear working. Rather than risk missing the
Sunday Pro event, Nic opted to skip the 25+
Vet main event and save his remaining Quad
for Sunday’s pro event. Not to worry,
Nic’s partner Jason Anderson picked
up the slack and won the Vet 25+ main event.
Sunday brought
the 450 Pro Main event. Riders came from all
over the country to race this event. Pro riders
Jason Anderson, Zac Willet, Frank Batista,
Polaris Pro Doug Eichner, John Schafe, and
Dennis Capogni were all vying for the first
place trophy. Jason Anderson rode smooth and
fast to win heat race number one. Nic started
Heat 2 on the inside position in the second
row behind KTM Pro Shaun Moore who was forced
to ride his brothers’ Cannondale rather
than his tried and true KTM. Nic battled from
eighth place in turn number one and took the
lead by the second lap. Winning the heat race
put Nic in the best starting position he had
all weekend.
Nic started the main event
in third place behind Chris Riley and Jason
Anderson. On the second lap, Nic maneuvered
around Jason for second position. On the next
lap he used his superior braking skills to
pass Chris on the most technical part of the
course coming off the fastest straightaway.
Never looking back, he easily distanced himself
from the field picking up at least one second
each lap. Winning the 450 Pro Main Event gave
Nic a clean sweep of the Pro events for the
weekend. This marks the 3rd Stateline SuperMoto
championship for Granlund in four years.
Nic would like to
thank his sponsors:
NGR, Fox Shox, AC Racing,
Skat Trak, TORCO, DWT, CT Racing, Quad Tech,
Laeger, Fasst, Precision, Hinson, ITI, Maxxis,
Velocity Filters, Squirly Industries, Streamline,
Lonestar, Dragon, Arp, SHIFT, Triumph, Full
Bore, JSR. A shout also goes out to Marche
Karger and his crew for putting together a
great race.
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