Press Release

Team Öhlins Young Guns Qualify for MX Mains First Try at High Point


Hendersonville,
North Carolina
: On a fantastic day of learning and luck, at the AMA
Lucas Oil Motocross Championship round at High Point Raceway, in Mount
Morris, Pennsylvania, two of Team Öhlins three rookie riders qualified
for the mains, with AJ Catanzaro earning the 36 spot on the grid and
Garret Toth locking in position 39, in a field of 88 riders hoping to
qualify for the 40 available gate positions of the Mains.


The
plan then was for each rider to move up throughout Moto #1, gaining
improved positions for the start of Moto #2, and increasing chances of a
points-paying finish. Each rider made measure of the plan, with Toth
(#687) incredibly catapulting to a 24th-place finish, making up 15
positions from where he'd qualified. Catanzaro (330) nearly equaled that
impressive performance by finishing 27th, a cool nine spots up from his
gate position for Moto #1.


The Moto #2
main was a completely different show of trials and triumphs, with a
sudden, tenacious and sopping cloud burst flooding the course between
the two Motos. In the Moto 2 mud-bath Toth quickly moved up to 15th
before falling and rejoining the race in last place. Yup, last. Despite
the mud and mayhem, Toth wound his way through the field and captured an
incredible 27th. Catanzaro fell also, maybe more than once or twice,
and finished in 28th, directly behind his teammate. For their two
finishes in the Mains, Toth is credited with 26th overall and Catanzaro
with 28th. Nice job.


Stacey Berger,
Öhlins USA Off Road Manager, said, "All and all it was a great event for
us. We were joined by other technicians from Öhlins Racing AB in
Sweden, showing how serious we are about this effort. Our riders had
some things to work through and they did a great job. When around
15-minutes before the second Moto the bottom fell out of the sky, the
conditions became miserable at best. Even so, we learned a lot for
testing the day after the event, stopping at Tomahawk MX Park, just
outside Martinsburg, West Virginia on Monday. We're ready for the next
Motos this weekend."


Öhlins USA
distributes and services the world's leading performance suspension for
automobiles, motorcycles, ATVs, and snowmobiles. Öhlins develops its
proprietary and innovative suspension components at the highest levels
of racing from open-wheel car racing, to Moto GP, to off-road
competition on two and four wheels. Öhlins USA also provides training
for service centers and dealers. www.Ohlinsusa.com.
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