Team Babbitt's Seattle SX Report

Muskegon, Mi (April 18, 2011) Babbittsonline.com - Babbitt's Motorsports Racing

Just
one week after the final AMA Arenacross round in Des Moines, Iowa Tyler
Bowers was ready to make the trek to Seattle to compete in his first
Supercross in over two years.  Aboard his Babbitt’s Monster Energy
TiLUBE Kawasaki KX450F, the new 2011 AMA Arenacross was eager to make
his mark in the bigger venues of AMA Supercross.    

 Easily
qualifying into the main event courtesy of his seventh place finish in
heat race number two, Tyler was looking forward to what the night’s
outcome would bring; saying “I got into a decent qualifying position,
and then I just settled in to get into the main event.  The track was
very challenging, but I felt really good out there.”  

 When
the main event took off Tyler Bowers and his Babbitt’s KX450F would
start inside the top ten.  Unfortunately just as he was moving up
through the pack on that initial lap, several other riders crashed into
him.  “I was making a move on Chris Blose for eighth place when Ryan
Dungey stalled in a turn and fell over on both of us” said Bowers. 
With Tyler’s front brake lever broken off, he would have a difficult
time making his way through the pack; not to mention the deeply rutted
track.  “It was very difficult to race on that rutted of a track with
no front brake, so I just tried to brush the cobwebs off, and make it
through the night” added Tyler.  Eventually Tyler would finish his
night in 17^th, but say “It was good to now have this first Supercross behind me and I look forward to Salt Lake City!”

 Adding
some final thoughts on Tyler’s 2011 Supercross debut, Babbitt’s Monster
Energy TiLUBE Kawasaki Team Manager Denny Bartz would say “All in all
it was a good weekend.  Certainly breaking his front brake lever in the
crash on the very first lap wasn’t good, but still Tyler rode well and
never gave up.”

 Stay
tuned for more from Team Babbitt’s as Tyler Bowers now tackles the
remaining two Supercross rounds.  For more on the team, check out www.teambabbitts.com 

April 17, 2011

Jim Kimball