AMA NATIONAL TWO-STROKE CHALLENGE
GLEN HELEN NATIONALS TO HOST L. A. SLEEVE TWO-STROKE CHALLENGE
Albee rails the Glen Helen sand on his way to victory in last year's Two-Stroke Challenge race.
MXA is pleased to annouce that Glen Helen will host its incredibly popular L.A. Sleeve Two-Stroke Challenge again this year. The two-stroke-only race will be held at half-time between the AMA 250/450 Nationals on May 23, 2009. It will be a one-moto race, but if it is anything like last year, it will be a barn-burner.
In 2008, Greg Albertyn used a left-over works Suzuki RM250 to take the $2000 winner’s share. The race was incredibly exciting as riders showed up on Service Honda CR500AF’s, YZ250’s, CR250s, KX250s, RM250s and KTM 250SXs. There was even a YZ125 in the hands of Arizona’s Ed Foedish. The field last year included Greg Albertyn, Phil Lawrence, Doug Dubach, Chuck Sun, Richie Owens, Tony Amaradio, Carter Gurnee, Ray Sommo and 30 other hopeful two-stroke riders.
The L.A.Sleeve Two-Stroke Challenge is an invitational event, but riders need to apply to be invited. Think about it! You could be racing at the Glen Helen Nationals in front of 20,000 fans (fans who really love two-strokes). You would also have to be able to handle the National track. But, to get accepted you have to send an email to Glen Helen’s Lori Bryant. She will select the 40 riders who will line up behind the gate.
The Two-Stroke Challenge is a Glen Helen-only event and will not be held at any of the other 11 Nationals.
Send your request (just an email note with your name, address, email address and qualifications) to lori@glenhelen.com.
News release from Motocross Action Magazine Online.
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By Twostrokesrock on March 4th, 2009 at 3:10 am
That looks like it would be sooooo much fun to go see
I wish I lived closer.
By JustEnduro on March 6th, 2009 at 6:00 am
Does anybody know the lap times so they can be compared to the 4t lap times?
By The General on March 6th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Just Enduro,
That is a great idea!
I’ll ask some of my friends in California to take lap times for the Two Stroke event. We should be able to get the Four Stroke lap times from the AMA site and then we could post a comparison on the site.
Just so we have some backup, for all you readers that are going to the Glen Helen National, could you please take lap times during the Two Stroke Invitational?
Thanks!
By Mick on March 6th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
What about TV coverage? Am I going to be able to see this years event afterwards? Any national coverage, local, or otherwise private parties plan on covering it?
It would sure be neat to watch it!
By The General on March 6th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Hey Mick,
My guess is that if anything, we will see only a short 5 minute segment of coverage on the Two Stroke Invitational. That is if we’re lucky!
For those that have paid attention you might have noticed that the fans LOVE two strokes. Whenever anyone attempts to qualify for a supercross or AMA National they automatically have a big fan base, just because they are racing a two stroke.
The only real chance that we will see any decent coverage is if one or two folks bring their video cameras to the race and tape it. We could post the video here on the site if anyone had any interest in video taping the race.
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