Husqvarna Takes Glen Helen 10-Hour Win
W
arm temps and sunny
skies led to a traditional
Glen Helen Raceway endurance
race where plenty of dust, silt
and fun greeted racers at the
annual 3Bros 10 Hours of Glen
Helen, June 7. Looking to back
up their win at the 6-Hour earlier
in the year, Husqvarna brought
Sam Pretscherer and his 300cc
two-stroke, along with new
teammates Sean Lipanovich and
Trevor Hunter, to the overall vic-
tory with 38 laps ahead of the 77
total entries.
Racers were treated to a more
technical course consisting of
the typical fast ridge roads, high-
speed sand washes, and the
iconic motocross tracks around
the Glen Helen facility, but a
good mix of flowing single track
and rocky creeks brought the
speeds down and added a chal
-
lenge for most racers. At the 8
a.m. flag drop, the Open Pro/Ex-
pert riders rushed into the Talla-
dega first turn, with Ivan Ramirez
(number 78) at the front of the
field aboard his KTM 450 XC-F.
Through the first few corners,
the riders all traded positions,
with Pretscherer (number 87) on
the Husqvarna TX300 making
first dust on the ridgeline.
The number-87 Husky team
held a steady 10-second lead
through the opening laps, but an
early pit by the Husky team al
-
lowed Mason Semmens and the
number-one Dirt Bike Magazine/
Stoney Sock Co KTM 250F-
mounted team to slip into the
lead for a lap. Around the two-
hour mark, the leading Husky
team had a run-in with a lapped
rider, which held them up long
enough to lose the lead briefly;
however, they quickly regained
it and never relinquished it from
that point on.
WIND
IN THE
P42
Ivan Ramirez of the
Alberto Ruiz team
leads the start of the
Glen Helen 10-Hour.
PHOTOS: TREVOR HUNTER
