Enduro News

All content © Bob MuIIins

DIRTWISE / MAXXIS / KLIM TEAM RACE REPORT - Nat Enduro Rd. 5

DirtWise/Maxxis/KLIM Race team rider Drew Higgins continued his great start to the 2015 race season, with a solid 3rd place finish at Round 5 of the Nat Enduro series, held in slippery conditions over the weekend in Missouri.

Aiming for another strong run at the Expert/AA class Championship in 2015, Higgins struggled to find a good flow all day long in the difficult conditions, finally settling in for a 3rd place finish which extended his Championship points lead.

Meanwhile, the DirtWise "Ready to Race" bike rental program was fully sold out again with a big contingent of national and international riders choosing to ride a fully prepped race bike for the day and then just walk away at the end without any worries of having to wash or fix the bike. The top placing rider out of this group was Cassidy Brown who nailed a sensational 2nd place finish in the Women's A/B class.

There are only 3 remaining bikes available for rent at the next National in Wyoming, or the DirtWise team have the ability to take a rider's own personal bike to the WY race if desired - contact dirtwise@shanewatts.com for more info or to have any questions answered.

Meanwhile after conducting a successful DirtWise Riding school on the two previous days, fellow DirtWise/Maxxis/KLIM racer Jason Thomas scored a triumphant victory at Round 5 of the AWRCS series in Pennsylvania. Thomas scored an easy victory over Ryan Lojak and Kaleb Ward, and used this race as some great on-bike training for the next GNCC race this coming weekend in West Virginia.

The DirtWise/Maxxis/KLIM Race team and DirtWise Academy of Offroad schools and Instructional DVDs are supported by Maxxis tires, KLiM Technical Riding gear, FunMart Cycles, AOMC.mx, Fasst Co. Flexx handlebars, TCX boots, Leatt protection, HBD MotoGrafx, Scorpion helmets, SRT exhaust pipes, radiator guards, hand guards, rims, and brake rotor protectors, Task Racing helmet lights, DirtTricks sprockets and brake rotors, IMS fuel tanks and footpegs, ProGrip goggles and grips, Spectro Oils, DP brake pads and clutch plates, Stillwell Performance suspension, Fastway linkage guards, DT1 airfilters, TM Designworks chain guides, P3 pipe guards and skid plates, RK chains, TrailTech exhaust flange protectors.

DIRTWISE / MAXXIS / KLIM TEAM RACE REPORT - GNCC Rd. 1

The DirtWise/Maxxis/KLIM Race team rider Jason Thomas had a great start to the 2015 race season, with a third place finish at Round 1 of the GNCC series, which started last weekend in Florida.

Aiming for another strong run at the XC2 Championship in 2015, Thomas has impressed all by running up front for the majority of the race before the effects of a recent stomach virus resulted in extreme fatigue in the later stages of the race. "I bonked near the end but this was a great start to the Championship for me, and with some recovery time I can't wait to regain strength and come out strong for Round 2 this coming weekend."

Thomas' team mate Josh Weisenfels had an eventful race with multiple crashes on the first lap as he continually charged to the front, one of which resulted in a slight concussion, so it was decided to have Josh withdraw from the race before further damage was done. "I was feeling great out there until things got blurry after one of the crashes. I'm going to sit out Round 2 to make sure I'm fully healed and ready to rip at Round 3!".

Meanwhile, third team member, Drew Higgins from Texas, was on duty for Round 9 of the Texas State Enduro Championship and scored a triumphant Overall victory to increase his lead in the series standings. "I had a solid ride with no mistakes and I'm stoked to rack up another victory ."