Champion Adventures Team Captures
10-Hour Crown
T
ypical of the early summer
conditions in California, rac-
ers were greeted with a warm
day and dusty conditions that led
to tight racing and several lead
changes at the 3Bros 10-Hour
Endurance Race at Glen Helen
Raceway on June 8. An all-star
squad of Nic Garvin, Jacob
Argubright and Colton Udall ral
-
lied together to put a last-minute
effort on top of the box, besting
81 total teams and each earn-
ing their first overall win at Glen
Helen's 10-Hour Endurance Race.
Off the start, the four Open
Pro teams rocketed into the
Talladega first turn with Garvin
grabbing the holeshot and early
lead aboard the number 949
Champion Adventures/City
Service Paving/AHM-backed
CRF450X. Heading straight into
the dust, track position was criti
-
cal just two turns into the race,
and the top two racers quickly
separated themselves from the
pack, utilizing the thick dust to
their advantage. Nearly halfway
through the 10-mile lap, Tyler
Nicholson on the number-one
KTM passed for the lead as the
two battled through the faster
terrain in the lowlands of Glen
Helen Raceway. At the end of
the first lap, Nicholson led with
Garvin in tow, quickly followed
by Jason Potter on the ACT/Mal
-
colm Smith Motorsports KTM
and Luis Flores on the Sunglass
Spot Honda CRF450X.
By the end of lap three, Potter
had moved through the pack and
bumped his team of Brandon
Krause and Austin Keys into the
overall lead after the first hour
of racing. Utilizing a different pit
strategy, the trio of Nicholson, RJ
Warda and Trevor Hunter on the
number-one KTM switched more
frequently in the early stages of
the race, keeping the pace high
and getting all their riders on
track early to learn the flow of the
course. On the opposite end of
the spectrum, Garvin's team of Ja
-
cob Argubright and Colton Udall
was going an extra lap each and
building their speed with more
time on the bike each rotation.
WIND
IN THE
P36
Nic Garvin was a member
of the winning team at the
3Bros 10-Hour Endurance
Race.
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