ZipTy News

Headline:

Caliente 200 & BIG 6 – 29 Palms Race Report

Date:

4/4/2009

Story:

It has been an exciting last couple of weeks for Zip-Ty Racing so we wanted to give everyone an update of what has been going on with the team. This past weekend Ty Davis attended the BITD: Caliente 200 Trail Ride in Caliente Nevada. It was a great event lasting for three days and covering over 200 miles of terrain. The event was put on by “The Best In The Desert Assoc.” along with Scot Harden from Husqvarna. This grueling ride mostly consisted of single-track style trails through scenic hills along with some sections that had never been ridden on before. The event started off on Friday with a 52 mile warm up ride which took the riders through some scenic valleys in the high desert. But the next day developed into a real challenge as the 116 mile ride on Saturday went through single track trails in the forest that were covered in a blanket of snow from a storm the previous night. Lastly, the event ended on Sunday with a 57 mile ride that retraced some of the trails used on Saturday. This event was a lot of fun and a good time was had by all. We were able to meet a lot of new people and even came up on some old friends along the way on our journeys. We would like to thank everyone for their kindness and hospitality and we look forward to hopefully being invited back again next year. In addition to this past weekend, Kevin Rookstool and Nick Burson attended the Big 6 Race in 29 palms. They were both using this race as a warm up for the upcoming WORCS race in Hollister, Ca. As the race began, Nick Burson got off to a great start and was running in the lead position for the first few laps until he crashed in the mud hole section of the track. This took Nick a minute to get restarted and after doing so he was now in 4th place where he would eventually finish the race. Kevin did not do as well as he was running with the top 10 off the start. Unfortunately, as he was moving his way up the field, Kevin encountered a mechanical problem that ended his race prematurely. We look forward to seeing everyone at the next WORCS race in Hollister, and we would like to thank all of our Sponsors, Family and Friends for their support.