Press Release

Dirt Wurx rebuilds Jersey's SRFMX83 track


DIRT WURX’s SRFMX83 track rebuild moves towards
an MX National track, away from SX



Track owner Ryan Foley (Foley Caterpillar) and Dirt
Wurx’s Rich Winkler open up the speed and create
“substantial” improvements/enhancements



 



MONROE, N.Y. (May 26, 2010) – This past weekend
Rich Winkler
and Kory Christensen of the DIRT WURX USA team cut into
Ryan Foley’s SRFMX83 track in New Jersey and transformed the once
technical and highly ‘jumpy’ private practice track into more of an
Outdoor National/SX combi track.





“Ryan makes this weekend into an event in of
itself,” said Winkler. “We have such a good time in the afternoons
and evenings, and with all brand new Foley Caterpillar equipment to work with
during the day, its really hard to even think of his annual track spruce up as
a job.





“I think all parties are pleased with the results and
Ryan Foley has got to have the King Daddy of all backyard tracks!”







Winkler said that the goal of this year’s rebuild on
the SRFMX83 track, located at Foley’s top secret moto compound in New
Jersey, was to open things up a bit more, creating more speed and reeling in a
bit of the ‘supercrossy’ feel the track had incorporated since
Winkler and the DIRT WURX crew began working with Foley in 2007. “Our
major goal was to speed up the track, make it flow better and create a more
Nationals’ feel to it versus supercross. We made substantial improvements
to the track which now has a more realistic outdoor section.”





All said Winkler figures there was a 90-percent facelift on
the track.







Running a Foley CAT 938H loader, a D4KLGP dozer, 257 MTL skid
steer and a 416c backhoe, Winkler and the DIRT WURX crew had everything at
their disposal that they’d normally have while constructing the Monster
Energy AMA Supercross stadium tracks across the country – many of which
feature CAT products run by the DIRT WURX crew.

“I can run a bulldozer with moderate proficiency, but
I don’t think I could even drink a cup of coffee with these guys at DIRT
WURX,” said Foley, who’s been around construction equipment his
entire life. “We love having Rich and his guys down here. They not only
build the track – they ride the hell out of it when they’re
done!”





Foley was pleased with the re-design from supercross to more
of a National, adding “All-in-all the track has never been better. While
making it MUCH safer for the novice and amateur rider, Rich also managed to
make it more challenging for the experienced rider – which is a tough
thing to accomplish in my eyes.”





Admittedly a bit ‘old school,’ Winkler was
pleased to see Foley and his riding buddies work to embrace the traditional
motocross design. “We always get a kick out of Ryan and his
friends’ input,” said Winkler. “They’ll go round and
round on something, go out and run three or four laps, then come back and say
‘Nah, nah … we need it this way.’ We’ll give them some
input, change things up a bit, then they’ll ride it again. Sometimes that
goes on for a while, but in the end the guys really ended up liking the finish
product.”





Bench racing after the build, Foley’s guys get a
chance to catch up with Winkler and are not at all short on questions when it
comes to getting the insider info out of Winkler in regards to the supercross
series.





“We always have a killer time while Rich and the DIRT
WURX crew is in town,” said Foley. “We all LOVE having Rich and his
guys there hanging out with us. And for building an A-plus track, there’s
no other choice in our minds but DIRT WURX.”







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 Live Nation 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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