Missouri’s “Lightning” Lance Kobush and Austin Forkner, along with Illinois’ Chase Sexton, headline
Cobra’s 2010 factory effort
HILLSDALE, Mich., (March 5, 2010) – Cobra is
pleased to introduce today the world’s fastest young dirt bike racers
– the members of the 2010 Cobra Race Team.
A new chapter in the “Cobra Generation” story
begins to play out in the coming weeks at the first ever Daytona Amateur
Supercross, Texas’ Lake Whitney Spring Classic and Oak Hill’s GNC
Final, then continues on through the summer and fall at hallowed amateur MX
racing grounds such as Vegas, Ponca City, Loretta Lynn’s, Branson and
Gatorback – with a trip overseas for America’s top racers to join
up and compete with Cobra’s top European stars against the world’s
best mini cycle racers at the MX Masters (aka the Mini Des Nations).
Named to this year’s premier Cobra Factory team are
three outstanding racers that have been aboard the Cobra brand for a number of
years, winning multiple national championships along the way. Missouri’s “Lightning”
Lance Kobush will be mounted on his King 50 and CX65, while Austin
Forkner (Missouri) and Chase Sexton (Illinois) will run the 65cc
class on factory-backed Cobra CX65s.
“Lance, Austin and Chase make up the core of a Cobra
race team that features championship-caliber racers from top to bottom,”
explained Cobra President Sean Hilbert. “We look forward to the coming
weeks in Texas not only to showcase our talented factory-backed racers, but
also to witnessing the challenges our top guys face from privateer-mounted
Cobra racers in their quest for podium spots at the major amateur MX nationals.”
Rounding out the Cobra Team program are a number of equally
fast racers from all points of the U.S. map, including:
Racer
State
Class(es)
Michael
Hicks
Missouri
7-9 65cc
Julian
Kempany
Georgia
10-11 65cc
Palmer
Kling
Georgia
F2, F3 (Road race, Supermoto)
Guage
Keith
Maryland
7-8 50cc&7-9 65cc
Jonathan
Lee
North Carolina
7-9 65cc
Logan
Leitzel
Pennsylvania
7-9 65cc
Daniel
McCullon
Florida
7-8 50cc & 7-9 65cc
Stilez
Robertson
California
7-8 50cc
Jack
Rogers
Maryland
7-8 50cc & 7-9 65cc
Kruz
Sampson
Tennessee
7-8 50cc & 7-9 65cc (GNCC)
James Shocky
Virginia
7-8 50cc & 7-9 65cc
Brandon
Smith
New Mexico
7-9 65cc
Vance
Stiers
Ohio
4-6 50cc
Jackson
Turpin
Georgia
7-8 50cc & 7-9 65cc
Chase
Yentzer
Pennsylvania
7-8 50cc & 7-9 65cc
“We’ve got the Cobra support semi stocked with
parts and are ready to hit the road for the Texas amateur national
openers,” said Hilbert. “Everyone at Cobra R&D is looking
forward to getting away from the computer monitors for a couple weeks and into
the dirt for the opening races of the season.”
Cobra, founded in 1993, produces the most successful line of
competition mini cycles and mini quads in the United States with more than 200
national titles in the last decade. Based out of Hillsdale, Mich., Cobra's
mission is to build premium products for the serious racer. For more
information on Cobra products, please visit our website at www.cobramotorcycle.com.
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