Cobra racers lead Team USA to MX Master Kids title!

Cobra kids lead Team USA to overall victory in France
at 8^th annual MX Master Kids

Missouri’s Austin Forkner on the Cobra CX65 and
“Lightning” Lance Kobush on the King 50 both win overall titles

HILLSDALE, Mich., (July 15, 2010) – American-made
Cobra motorcycles were on center stage this past weekend at the mini cycle
version of the Motocross Des Nations – the eighth annual MX Master Kids
held at the Commercy circuit in Lorraine, France. And as they have in the past,
Cobra racers stepped up in the field of nearly 600 racers and dominated both
the 50cc and 65cc Senior classes with the Missouri tandem of Austin Forkner
and “Lightning” Lance Kobush bridging home top honors on the
Senior 65s 50s, respectively.

Beginning with Forkner, who piloted the revolutionary Cobra
CARD CX65 big wheel in the 65cc Senior class, the Cobra factory racer won
four-straight motos to take the overall victory. Kobush was equally impressive
on his Cobra King 50, leading every lap of all four of his motos for the 50cc
Senior class win.

“The MX Masters Kids is such an important race, really
sets the foundation for which nations have the strongest up-and-coming
motocross programs and, above all, is a heck of an educational experience for
the kids that represent Team USA,” said Sean Hilbert, President of Cobra
Motorcycles. “Congrats to Austin and Lance and the legions of kids at the
event running Cobras for other countries. Everyone at Cobra is very proud of
your efforts.”

On the podium in the 65cc Junior class – and just
missing the top spot by a couple corners – was Cobra’s Michael
Hicks. America’s Hicks led the final ‘winner-takes-all’
moto through the final lap and was unexpectedly passed when he ran into some
lapped traffic, settling for 2^nd place overall on his CX65. And just
missing the podium (4^th) in the 50cc Senior class was another
Cobra-backed American, TJ Rios, who qualified in 2^nd place
and suffered a front flat tire in the final moto.
 

Internationally, Cobra’s Meico Viettik
(Estonia) won the little guy (4-6) 50cc class while Belgium’s Florent
Devalck made the podium (3^rd) in the 7-8 50cc class on his King
50 with the UK’s Scott James (5^th) and Charlie Burt
(8^th) also placing in the top ten. And in the 7-9 65cc class the
UK’s Christopher Mills placed 9^th on his CX65.

Next up for Cobra’s American racers is the July 26-31
Ponca City (Okla.) NMA Grand National MX Championships.

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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