24 Hours of Glen Helen
Robbie Goolsby, the 22-year-old from Rancho Cucamonga pushed himself nearly to the limit as he made 61 laps on the 12-mile course in, around and atop the hills of Glen Helen to defend his title and increase his endurance-race win streak to five.
Goolsby only took a few breaks throughout the race, including a pair of 15-minute stops to battle sleep. "Surprisingly, I don't feel as bad as I did last year," said Goolsby, riding for Precision Concepts Racing. "The suspension works amazing so the race went pretty smooth."
Part of the new course - the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Emergency Vehicle Operations Center - provided some asphalt to the course and some white knuckles for the riders.
Goolsby said his suspension soaked up any "major get-offs" but he did fall off once on the ridge above the park.
"I came up on a lapper and I guess he didn't see me," said the 6-foot-6 Goolsby, making him the tallest rider among the 58 team entries. "He turned the wrong way and turned into me, but it wasn't that hard."
Goolsby said staying hydrated was a primary focus, and also eating light when on the bike.
"I drank fruit smoothies while I was riding through the pits," he said, taking advantage of the 5 mph speed limit. "And I had a camelback to drink."
Another notable win went to the Precision Concepts and Myscaffold.com team. Riders included Steve Luly, Keith Sautel, Wes Luly, and Ryan Rowell. The team led their class most of the race and had a fairly smooth ride.
The team had one big problem when their lighting system completely failed in the middle of a hefty hill climb. Luckily the team was using the Niterider helmet lights. The team grabbed their spare bike out of impound and continued on into the night until the clutch started to fail on the backup bike.
Luckily the team was saved by sunrise and was able to swap the bike with the failing clutch with the bike with the bad light setup. After sunrise the team ran smoothly through the checkered flag.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 06/22/2008 SRA Glen Helen, CA
05/31/2008 SCORE Baja 500 Once again, Precision Concepts Racing dominated a SCORE Baja race. To be specific, 11 of the top 12 overall and all of the pro class winners ran Precision Concepts Suspension on their motorcycles or ATVs.
1st Overall - 1st Open Pro - Robby Bell, Kendall Norman - CRF450X
2nd Overall - 2nd Open Pro - Ryan Penhall, Brent Harden, Mike Childress - CRF450X
3rd Overall -1st Class 30 - Scott Myers, Shane Esposito, Steve Garnett, Francisco Septien, Jeff Sheets - KLX450
4th Overall - 2nd Class 30 - Jim O'neal, Scott Glimp, Gerardo Rojas, Vincente Guerrero - CRF450X
5th Overall - Non-Precision Concepts Suspension
6th Overall - 3rd Class 30 - Mike Johnson, Kyle Abrrey, Bryan Lowery - CRF450X
7th Overall - 1st Class 40 - Brett Helm, Jeff Kaplan, Jon Ortner, Craig Adams, Bob Johnson - CRF450X
8th Overall - 1st Class 21 - Carlos Casas, Noe Ibarra - CRF450X
9th Overall - 1st ATV - Wayne Matlock, Marc Spaeth, Wes Miller - TRX700xx
10th Overall - 2nd ATV - Javier Robles, Adolpho Areilano, Cesar Lopez - TRX450R
11th Overall - 1st Class 50 - Jim O'Neal, Doug Heil, Andy Kirker, Dan Dawson, Paul Needles, Mike Sixberry, Craig Adams - CRF450X
12th Overall - 4th Open Pro - Cory Evenson, Justin Herrmann, Kirk Russel, Josh Smith - KTM525XC
1st Class 60 - Donald Lewis, Sam Dempsey, Bob Gates, Mike Harper - CRF450X
1st Class 24 - Francisco Servin, Rocky Moreno, Isaac Castro, Edgar Moreno, Marco Moreno - TRX450R
1st Class 20 - Chad Black, Connor Penhall - CRF250X
05/25/2008 USDR Round 4
Nick Burson - 1st Overall Kawasaki
05/11/2008 WORCS Round 5 Hollister Hills SVRA Park - Hollister, CA
Robby Bell - 6th Pro Class Honda
Jamie Lanza - 13th Pro Class Kawasaki
Timmy Weigand - 15th Pro Class Honda
Ryan Abbatoye - 3rd Pro 2 Kawasaki
Brad Goolsby - 4th Pro 2 Kawasaki
Brett Saunders - 10th Pro 2 Kawasaki
Justin Seeds - 12th Pro 2 Honda
Brad Goolsby - 1st 250 A Kawasaki
Robbie Goolsby - 5th 250 A Kawasaki
Ryan Abbatoye - 1st Open A Kawasaki
Brad Goolsby - 5th Open A Kawasaki
04/13/2008 WORCS Round 4 Pacific Raceway MX Park - Auburn, WA
Timmy Weigand - 7th Pro Class Honda
Jamie Lanza - 12th Pro Class Kawasaki
Ryan Abbatoye - 7th Pro 2 Kawasaki
Ryan Abbatoye - 2nd Open A Kawasaki
Justin Seeds - 6th Open A Honda
03/30/2008 USDR Round 3
Nick Burson - 1st Overall Kawasaki
03/15/2008 WORCS Round 3 Crazy Horse GP Park - Lake Havasu, AZ
Robby Bell - 6th Pro Class Honda
Timmy Weigand - 8th Pro Class Honda
Jamie Lanza - 9th Pro Class Kawasaki
Daryl Ecklund - 15th Pro Class Honda
Ryan Abbatoye - 4th Pro 2 Kawasakisaki
Justin Seeds - 2nd 250 A Honda
Brett Saunders - 5th 250 A Kawasaki
Ryan Abbatoye - 3rd Open A Kawasaki
03/14/2008 SCORE BAJA San Felipe 250
Robby Bell/Kendall Norman 1st OA 1st Open Pro
Steve Hengeveld/Mike Childress 2nd OA 2nd Open Pro
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