GEICO EnduroCross announces this weekend's EX Pro lineup at the Orleans

2009
champ Taddy Blazusiak (KTM) and ’08 champ Ricky Dietrich (Kawasaki)
headline the EX season opener in Vegas

IRVINE,
Calif., (July 15, 2010) – The
attention of the world’s off-road community will zero in on Las
Vegas’ Orleans Arena this weekend for the opening of the 2010 GEICO AMA
EnduroCross Series, presented by E3 Spark Plugs. Many of the best off-road
racers on the planet – including defending EnduroCross champion,
Poland’s Taddy Blazusiak (KTM) and 2008 champ, American Ricky
Dietrich (Kawasaki) – will line up for an EnduroCross main event in
what’s considered by many to be the most technically demanding and
aggressive test of man and motorcycle that’s ever been laid out on an
arena floor.

“As
we set out on the sixth year of racing GEICO EnduroCross, the field of racers
competing reads like a Who’s Who from the pages of the industry’s
off-road magazines,” said Mike Karsting VP of Events for Source Interlink
Media. “Along with Taddy and Ricky you’ve got a former AMA Outdoor
National champion and 2009 WORCS champion (Mike Brown/KTM), Colton
Haaker/Kawasaki - the 2009 E3 Spark Plugs Pro Junior EnduroCross champion
and Pro Junior EnduroCross runner-up, Husqvarna’s Cory Graffunder.
You’ve got five-time AMA Hare & Hound national champion Destry
Abbott and a six-time WORCS champion Justin Soule with the factory
Monster Energy/Kawasaki team doing battle with last year’s runner-up Round
4 winner and series runner-up Geoff Aaron on the revolutionary
all-wheel-drive Christini/KTM and 2004-’05 WORC champions and ’08
ISDE Gold Medalist Nathan Woods (Husaberg).

Add
to the mix young lions Kyle Redmond (Yamaha) and Jamie Lanza
(Kawasaki) and there isn’t much room for any newcomers to squeeze into
the 11-man main event – though with the 1^st-to-last nature of
GEICO EnduroCross, a couple certainly will.
 

“Have
you ever seen six lead changes in one lap? Nobody’s invincible in this
sport,” says Haaker. “Taddy was the best guy last year, but a lot
of guys are going to have it for him this year. Pumped to get things going in
Vegas this weekend.”

The
Pro EX class lineup for the 2010 GEICO AMA EnduroCross Series opener, presented
by E3 Spark Plugs, at Vegas’ Orleans Arena:
 

EnduroCross tracks incorporate various elements
of off road racing into a supercross-style setting, including rocks, boulders,
logs, sand, mud, a water-hole… and even a few special obstacles like
giant tires thrown in!  Known as the “toughest racing on two
wheels,” this indoor version of extreme off road racing will certainly
keep you on your feet. The GEICO Powersports AMA EnduroCross series will
be captured by the Versus Network, to be aired on the popular grassroots
racing program; The Lucas Motorsports Hour. With its excitement and
unpredictability, the EnduroCross championship has always down to the wire and
this year will be no different as the series starts and finishes at
Vegas’ Orleans Arena! Don’t miss your chance to see GEICO
Powersports AMA Endurocross “Live” - and be sure to log-on to www.Versus.com for local airing
dates/times for the Lucas Motorsports Hour.

ENDUROCROSS is a registered trademark of Source Interlink
Magazines, LLC.

For
rules and race information visit www.EnduroCross.com or email endurocross@sourceinterlink.com. 

For
TV airing dates/times visit www.motorsportshour.com