Team Dragon Racing Fuel - 1-866-KTM-PART Team Atlanta Race Recap

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The Dragon Racing Fuels – 1-866-KTM-PART Team
consisting of Taylor Futrell (64) and Tevin Tapia (211) came into Atlanta with
great expectations. Both riders are sitting top twenty in the East Coast Lites
Supercross Series and are ready to better their previous results and points
positions.

 

  The
Georgia Dome in Atlanta brings in a consistent 70,000 fans and turns the home
of the Atlanta Falcons into a hotbed of enthusiasm for Supercross. The fans are
as true as Team Dragon Racing Fuels - 1-866-KTM-PART bikes are orange. With the
first sign of fans passing through the pits, a new feeling overcame the area.
With this being the first open pits on the East Coast Series, the riders and
fans were feeling the excitement in the air. Autographed shirts and posters
could be seen everywhere as the smiling faces of fans young and older walked
through to see the riders that they follow so closely. A large gathering around
the Team Dragon Racing Fuels - 1-866-KTM-PART pits could be seen as fans
admired and took pictures of the bikes donning the custom tailored wheels by DUBYA
(www.dubyamc.com). There was a lot of
talk about the pictures of the black and orange wheels from Indy and this was their
first chance to see them in person. Fans talked in depth with Keith Struzinski
(DUBYA/KSR Wheels) about the wheels he constructed exclusively for the Team and
are now available to the public. DUBYA is your one-stop shop for all
aftermarket parts and accessories. DUBYA offer’s great products from brands you
can trust, like Dunlop, FMF, Talon, QTM, and so much more.

 

 Eric
Sebastian from MGX Unlimited graphics (www.mgxunlimited.com)
was on hand to answer questions about the Team’s brand new graphic designs. MGX
Unlimited are not only handling the graphics for Team Dragon Racing Fuels -
1-866-KTM-PART, they have started the complete design work for the Champion
Cycles -1-866-KTM-PART Junior KTM Amateur Team and will debut their new designs
at the upcoming Texas rounds. Keith Brown, owner of MGX Unlimited always puts
the Team’s needs first in coordinating exciting new designs for the racing
community!

 

 
Pitted with the Team Dragon Racing Fuels - 1-866-KTM-PART riders were
the up and coming riders of the Champion Cycles -1-866-KTM-PART Junior KTM
Amateur Team. Riders Daniel Baker, Colten Ford, Mason Collins, Brandon
Wollenhaupt and JP Tortorigi spent the day as Future Supercross Stars pitting
with Taylor Futrell and Tevin Tapia and having the chance to do the track walk
with all of the professional riders, including the Greatest Of All Time, Ricky
Carmichael.

 

Getting down to the business at hand Taylor and
Tevin hit the track for practice and qualifiers. Taylor got to work quick and
put himself in great qualifying contention and was dialing in the track. Tevin
was at work in the second qualifying session and was ready to secure his
transfer spot to the Heat Races when coming through the final rhythm section he
was landed on by another rider. Tevin flew off of his bike and fortunately
landed well enough to not be seriously injured. Unfortunately he could not
return to the session and his qualifying time did not hold up putting him at
the 41^st position and missing the Heats by one spot.

 

  The First
Heat Race lined Taylor up against a solid group led by Stroupe, Barcia, Regal
and Wilson. The drop of the gate and the rising cheers saw Taylor get another
solid start he came clean around the first turn. Taylor rode completely
consistent and concentrated on putting in good laps. As he took the checkers Taylor
clinched the eighth transfer spot!

 

 As
Taylor lined up for the Main Event, the Georgia crowd rose to their feet. As the
gate dropped, Taylor’s number 64 shot towards the first turn and the Spike
Holeshot marker. With camera flashes lighting the entire stadium, Taylor got
pinched coming around the corner and had to start the work of climbing through
the pack. After clearing the bikes, Taylor grabbed the throttle to make up for lost
time. While the Georgia Dome was watching one of the best races in the Lites
class this year the battle up front and changing positions were drawing huge
roars of satisfaction from the fans. Meanwhile the atmosphere in the middle was
the same. Positions were changing almost every lap. As the riders approached
the checkered flag on the fifteenth lap, Taylor came in at sixteenth. Although
the disappointment was evident in the pita area on Taylors face he immediately
refocused his attention on the challenge at hand…Daytona.

 

Team Dragon Racing Fuels –
1-866-KTM-PART would like to thank their sponsors for their incredible support.
Dragon Racing Fuels, a division of Newton Oil Company; 1-866-KTM-PART; Motorex;
Dunlop Tires; DUBYA; KSR Wheels; DT1; MGX Unlimited; TAG Metals; Cycra
Plastics; PR2 Racing; Fox Shox; FMF Racing; Boyesen Engineering; Mechanix Wear.