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RAGA CONTAINS
BOU—FINALLY
W
ith Adam Raga at the controls, Gas Gas won
the third round of 2015 FIM X-Trial World
Championship held in Pau, France, February 6.
This marked Raga's first victory in the series since
Barcelona 2008 and brought to an end Toni Bou's
(Repsol Honda) winning run that dates back to Mar-
seille 2010.
Raga was in the form of his life and fully capital-
ized on a rare mistake by Bou, but was more than
worthy of this important and historic victory on his
own merit. The duel between the leading Spanish
duo overshadowed the supporting cast as Jeroni
Fajardo (Beta) took his first podium place of the
season when he finished eight marks clear of Al-
bert Cabestany (Sherco).
After two rounds in quick succession the 2015
FIM X-Trial World Championship now takes a short
break before kicking back into action March 8 in
Barcelona, Spain, where the leading Spanish quar-
tet is sure to enjoy some noisy home support.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
FIM/GOOD-SHOOT
Adam Raga
won the FIM
X-Trial World
Championship
in Pau, France,
ending Toni
Bou's long win
streak.
CONTINGENCY COUNTS AT RCSX
T
he sixth annual Ricky Car-
michael Daytona Amateur
Supercross is set to give away
$147,675 in amateur contingency
awards to racers participating in
this year's two-day event. Follow-
ing Saturday's Daytona Super-
cross by Honda, amateur racing
kicks off Sunday, March 8, and
continues on Monday, March 9,
at the historic Daytona Interna-
tional Speedway.
"It's incredible to see a 47%
increase in contingency dollars
from the 2014 Ricky Carmichael
Amateur Supercross," said MX
Sports Director Tim Cotter. "We
are honored to have all of the
OEMs on board to support ama-
teur athletes with such compre-
hensive contingency programs,
as well as trackside support, for
this event."
Once again, manufacturers
such as Suzuki, Kawasaki, KTM,
Yamaha, Honda and Cobra are
offering up generous contingen-
cy programs to amateur racers
competing in the two-day RCSX
event. Husqvarna will join the
lineup in 2015, offering an un-
precedented $40,475 in contin-
gency dollars.
In addition to their generous
contingency programs, manu-
facturers such as Suzuki, KTM,
Team Green Kawasaki, Cobra
Riders participating in this year's RCSX at Daytona will be
battling for a part of the $147,000-plus contingency.
