Two more minor supercross ‘miracles’ pulled off by the Dirt Wurx and Feld Motor Sport crews

MONROE,
N.Y.
(Feb. 6, 2010) – Back-to-back-to-back weeks of rain in California
have made for some legendary heavy equipment work constructing the Monster
Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, tracks in San Francisco and
San Diego. Scrambling during brief windows of clear weather, the series’
track construction and design company, Dirt Wurx USA - working with Feld Motor
Sports’ operations team - have pulled off a couple more minor supercross
miracles since the much-talked-about Anaheim 2 save.

“Everything’s
been soaked – these are the worst continuous conditions we’ve ever
worked in during our 18 years with supercross,” said Rich Winkler,
owner of Dirt Wurx USA. “

As
heavy praise for both Dirt Wurx and the Feld team became yesterday’s news
following track construction on the Anaheim 2 round, it soon became apparent it
would be anything but business as usual for the San Francisco move-in. Rather
than enjoying a day off to travel and catch their breath, Dirt Wurx was faced
with a situation where the trucks delivering the base gravel to the floor of
SBC Park were getting stuck and the actual supercross track dirt was not even
close to being brought into the stadium – less than a week before the
gate was to drop on round four of the series and with more rain in the
forecast.

“We’d
had advance reports (during the week of Anaheim 2) that the weather was going
to be terrible in San Francisco,” said Winkler. “The move-in was
halted by the time only half of the base material was moved into the stadium.
So we brought in more than 20 tons of drying agent and spent all Sunday night
mixing it in with the remaining road base, just so we could get trucks on the
floor, then we worked to mix it in with the actual dirt for the San Francisco
track.”

Twenty
tons of drying agent is a lot when you consider the most Dirt Wurx and Feld had
ever used in the past was about nine tons at the Pontiac (Mich.) Silverdome.
Doubling that amount and then some, Winkler said his guys and the Feld crew
went from a “dead standstill on Sunday to asses and elbows on Monday
morning.”

“I
couldn’t have been prouder of my guys and (Dave) Prater’s
guys,” said Winkler of the Dirt Wurx and Feld teams. “The synergy
between our teams has been incredible this year in the face of potential
disasters.”

While
building a one-off supercross track during the middle of the summer in southern
California is no simple task, building numerous tracks – in consecutive
weeks – in mud during the California winter months is downright brutal.
With spent crew members traveling in from events in other cities, returning
lacking sleep (BIG props to series sponsor Monster Energy!) to run heavy
equipment in soggy conditions that are all but impossible to craft a proper
supercross track in, it’s a behind-the-scenes wonder that goes unnoticed
to all but the most core supercross enthusiasts.

“The riders came out for
the San Francisco track walk wearing rubber boots and didn’t event need
them,” added Winkler with a smile.

And
just when the Dirt Wurx crew has time to catch their breath after Anaheim 2 and
San Francisco, along comes another track to build – with only a 48 hour
window before the rains hit again.

“The
crew went without sleep again, and got out of San Francisco as soon as the last
trucks were loaded, less than 16 hours after the checkered flag fell. We dodged
a bullet with the rains in San Diego and got the track done and covered before
Thursday,” Winkler added. “Some of our guys even came down from the
Anaheim monster truck event they built and lent a hand in San Diego – on
their own time – just to get things done before the weather took a turn
for the worse again.

“Again,
it was great to see our guys, the Feld team, AMA, riders and team managers all
come together and pitch in to make things work despite the weather conditions
we’ve faced in California this year. I can’t wait to get out of
here – just so we can work with a roof over our heads!”

Next
up on the Monster Energy Supercross tour is today’s (Feb. 6^th)
round at San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium.

Dirt Wurx USA - the premier
SX/MX track design and construction company in the world - is the exclusive
supercross race track design and construction firm for Feld Motorsports and the
Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series. With more than 18 years of global
experience in the field, Dirt Wurx USA’s highly talented crew of
designers and heavy equipment specialists not only build the world's most
visible tracks, but are also accessible for affordable track design and construction
at the local level. For more information, please visit www.dirtwurx.com

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