VOL. 53 ISSUE 2 JANUARY 19, 2016 P53
SIK SAILS TO QUEEN OF ADELANTO CROWN
Briefly...
If you go strictly by numbers, you'd
have to call the Adelanto GP a suc-
cess. Last year, according to offi-
cials, 1460 riders entered over the
race weekend. This year, they tal-
lied 1660 including 43 Pros and Pro
IIs. Equally as important, double the
number of spectators came out to
Mavericks Stadium.
Destry Abbott vividly recalled previ-
ous editions of the Adelanto Grand
Prix (which were more in the center
of town). "It's definitely not as fast as
it used to be! I used to gear the thing
up back in the KX500 days where
you're just never shutting off. Here,
it's rough—it's really, really rough!
That's why it's really good to slow
down in some sections and find fast,
smoother lines to let you go faster and
save energy. Today I got a little blister.
It's awesome! It's cool because I think
you have to be smart and patient on
this track, but it's not near as fast as
old Adelanto days. It's professional,
the pits and everything else."
Instead of relying on the trusty old
CRF450X for everything as they've
done in the past, the Ox Motors-
ports Honda team plans to employ
the CRF450R in both the Big 6 and
WORCS races this year. The X will
remain the weapon of choice for
SCORE races where the team will
field two entries.
F
or the second year in a row, the Mavericks
Adelanto Grand Prix—hosted by the So
Cal Motorcycle Club—exceeded expecta-
tions, with well over 1000 riders taking part
in the three-day affair that kicked off the AMA
District 37/MSR Big 6 Grand Prix Series.
And in the featured AMA Big 6 West Coast
Grand Prix (WCGP) Series race-within-a-race,
Blayne Thompson (Pro), Jeremy Newton
(Pro II) and Tatum Sik (Women Pro) topped
their respective classes to earn the biggest
chunk of the $7500 purse. Thompson was
thus crowned King of Adelanto while Sik was
dubbed Queen of Adelanto.
THOMPSON
CROWNED KING
OF ADELANTO
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARK KARIYA
