VOL. 51 ISSUE 3 JANUARY 21, 2014
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THR MOTORSPORTS PARKER 250
Briefly...
all my guys over at Curtis Motorsports, Three Brothers Racing, Pro
Action, Best in the Desert. It was the
roughest course I've been on, ever!
Fastest course I've ever been on!
So, it's got the best of both worlds.
I'm whooped! I took it easy the first
lap; I wanted to kind of size up the
course the first lap. The second
lap, I kind of picked it up a little bit.
I went down pretty hard on the first
lap right before the finish. There was
a big sand section over there and I
did a big ol' endo, but the bike never
stalled. I got back up and kept going.
I tried to pace myself a little bit."
(Above left) The Robert
Laughlin/Trevor Pacheco/Kurt
Sofka Jr. trio took the Over 40
Expert victory, finishing sixth
bike overall.
(Above) Curtis Bradley (shown)
and Jeremy Purvines finished
fifth bike overall.
(Right) The Blais Racing
Services crew enjoyed a very
successful day in their first
foray into BITD as a team. The
Sammy Bangert/Skyler Howes
claimed third.
race in four hours, 45 minutes
and 32 seconds compared to the
4:35:35 of the winners.
Another pair of newcomers to
BITD rounded out the Open Pro
podium and the overall with Blais
Racing Services riders Sammy
Bangert and Skyler Howes getting it done on their Fasst Com-
pany/FMF/Amsoil KTM 300
XC. They were the last ones to
get in under five hours with their
4:59:34.
This was actually Bangert's
second Parker 250, his first one
when as a 13-year-old he rode his
KTM 200 to the 250cc Expert
win with Ben Meza. The 300, of
