Winning the overall ATV and Class 25 victory for the second straight year was the team led by Wayne Matlock, El Cajon, Calif. Matlock’s teammates this year were returning riders Harold Goodman, Brownstown, Mich., and Wes Miller, Fallbrook, Calif., along with Josh Caster, also of El Cajon. The team covered the course in a championship time of 16:54:52, averaging 39.78mph on the No. 1a Honda TRX700XX equipped with Elka Suspension. The talented team won two of the three SCORE Baja races this season to earn their second straight season point title in their class.
Wayne commented after the race:
There was a lot of traffic at the finish but we really didn’t have any problems. We just put gas in it and went all day long. We changed a couple tires and that was it. I enjoyed riding at night because it’s easier to see oncoming traffic. I’ve been competing in the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 with the goal of winning this race.
The Pro ATV Class 24 was won by Tom Wright, Tabernacle, N.J./ Renaud Fortin & Pierre-Yves Deneault, Canada/ Eric Gerber, Medford, N.J., on a Honda TRX450 also equipped with Elka Suspension. It is worth noting that Pierre-Yves, who is working as a R&D technician at Elka, was actually testing some new prototype Elka shocks in the most grueling environment.
Congratulations to our riders!
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