California’s Ryder DiFrancesco captures three overall 50cc MX & SX titles and Canada’s Ryder McNabb, Pa.’s Kyle Born & N.M.’s Evan Woody add three more!
HILLSDALE, Mich. (Dec. 4, 2014) –The final major amateur national of the 2014 competition season wrapped up this past week/weekend with the 43rdrunning of Thor Winter Olympics, presented by Pro Circuit, at Florida’s famed Gatorback Cycle Park. And American-made Cobra Moto bikes were again the class of the 51cc races, capturing the majority of the MX and SX titles on the week, including podium sweeps in the premier MX and SX 7-8 Limited classes on the industry-leading CX50SR.
Wrapping up his illustrious career on Cobra Moto bikes, with three class wins (2 MX, 1 SX) at Gatorback, was California’sRyder DiFrancesco. Certainly one of the all-time greats coming out of the legendary champion-producing Cobra Moto factory program, DiFrancesco captured the 51cc 4-8 Limited and 51cc 7-8 Limited MX titles, along with the 51cc 4-8 Limited SX title.
“We can’t say enough about what a pleasure it was to work with Ryder and his family over the years – he’s definitely one of the few riders to come out of Cobra Moto with an impeccable competition record during his tenure here,” said Sean Hilbert, President of Cobra Moto. “We wish Ryder the best with his racing in the years to come, and look forward to closely following what should prove to be a very successful pro racing career.”
Also coming up big at Gatorback for Cobra Moto was Canada’sRyder McNabb. With a 51cc 7-8 Limited title in SX and podium finishes behind DiFrancesco in 51cc 4-8 Limited SX (2nd) and 51cc 7-8 Limited MX (3rd), McNabb was Cobra Moto’s second-highest scoring racer at the Mini Os. And joining McNabb with a 1stplace podium finish in the 51cc 4-6 Limited SX class aboard Cobra Moto’s CX50JR was Pennsylvania’sKyle Born, who was joined on the podium in an all-Cobra Moto/Pennsylvania sweep byWillCanaguier(2nd) andLuke Fauser(3rd)! New Mexico’sEvan Woodyadded the 51cc 4-6 Limited MX title for Cobra Moto, with Cobra CX50JR racerDanilo Pinheiro(Mass.) in the runner-up spot.
And on the 65s Cobra Moto was led by New York’sReed Cooper, who placed a solid 5thin the 7-9 SX class.
Cobra Moto podium results from the 2014 Thor Winter Olympics
MXSX
51cc 4-6 Limited51cc 4-6 Limited
1st– Evan Woody, N.M. 1st– Kyle Born, Pa.
2nd– Danilo Pinheiro, Mass.2nd– Will Canaguier, Pa.
3rd– Luke Fauser, Pa.
51cc 4-8 Limited51cc 4-8 Limited
1st– Ryder DiFrancesco, Calif. 1st– Ryder DiFrancesco, Calif.
2nd– Krystian Janik, Ill. 2nd– Ryder McNabb, Canada
51cc 7-8 Limited51cc 7-8 Limited
1st– Ryder DiFrancesco, Calif. 1st– Ryder McNabb, Canada
2nd– Noah Geyer, Va. 2nd– Jay Covert, Pa.
3rd– Ryder McNabb, Canada3rd– Jett Burgess, Ill.
Up next for Cobra Moto:Christmas!
12/5/2014 5:03pm
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